Peshawar vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Peshawar	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$334	$2584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$809	$5778
🏠 One person rent	$119	$1504
🏘️ Family rent	$193	$2234
🍽️ Food expenses	$136	$732
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.5	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$4329
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	43	93
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.6M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 87% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 9121st and 744th ($334 vs $2584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 660th in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Peshawar compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Peshawar ranked 7th best city to live in Pakistan vs Philadelphia ranked 25th in the United States, while ranked 7430th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Peshawar	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.81	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$95.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.11	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.3	$1597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$46.3	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$155	$2401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$85.3	$1807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$267	$3243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$213	$2372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7	$99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.94	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$4.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$8.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$3.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.74	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.77	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.69	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.56	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$85.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.7	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.4	$2021
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2261	$15283

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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

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886