Perth vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$809
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	93	47
😀 Quality of life	98	43
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.97M

The cost of living in Perth is 599% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1191st and 9121st ($2338 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 21st in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 12th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Peshawar

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	Perth	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$2261

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684