Peshawar vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Peshawar	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$321	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$758	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$126	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$189	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$121	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.8	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$148	$4112
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	48	81
😀 Quality of life	34	91
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.43M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 84% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 9130th and 1833rd ($321 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1452nd 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 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Peshawar ranked 8th best city to live in Pakistan vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 8525th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs San Antonio

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	Peshawar	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.01	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.99	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.36	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$110	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$59.9	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$157	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$96	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.3	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.8	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.56%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$356	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$279	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.26	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.33	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.27	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.28	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.23	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.3	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.51	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.4	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$12	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$44.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$33.3	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3008	$19123

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$394
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$373
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$381
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$371
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$496
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$438
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$456
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$504
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$280
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$391
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$253
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$335
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$447
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$393
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$382
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$344
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$306
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$359
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$309
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$313
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$379
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$332
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$286
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$339
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$450
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$468
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$340
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$397
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$401
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$440
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$371
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$350
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$346
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093