Peshawar vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Peshawar	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$334	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$809	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$119	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$193	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$136	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.5	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$3342
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	47	86
😀 Quality of life	43	99
🏙️ Population	1.97M	2.79M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 86% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 9121st and 918th ($334 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 2nd in Pakistan and Canada, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Peshawar compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Peshawar ranked 7th best city to live in Pakistan vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 7430th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Toronto

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	Peshawar	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.81	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.11	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.3	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$46.3	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$155	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$85.3	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$267	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$213	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.94	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.74	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.77	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.69	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.56	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.3	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.7	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.4	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2261	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043