Rawalpindi vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rawalpindi	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$401	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1010	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$150	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$317	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.5	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$170	$5531
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	68	87
😀 Quality of life	46	91
🏙️ Population	2.1M	1.39M

The cost of living in Rawalpindi is 88% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8953rd and 36th ($401 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 32nd 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 0.4 months in Rawalpindi compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Rawalpindi ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 6500th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rawalpindi vs San Diego

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	Rawalpindi	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.9	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.64	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$58	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$169	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.6	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.1	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.97%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$747	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$421	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.9	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.5	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.92	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.43	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.2	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.1	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.5	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.1	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.8	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1075	$28706

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Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759