Pakistan’s Lahore and Karachi Rank Among the World’s Cheapest Cities
By the way, looking at the prices of utility bills, fruits, vegetables, and other daily necessities in Pakistan, it seems that we live in a very expensive country.
But the 3 cheapest cities in the world are in Pakistan.
At least this is what has been claimed in the annual list of lifestyle costs by a data company, Numbeo.
The list, compiled for 2025, has been ranked based on the lifestyle costs of New York residents.
The list ranked 327 cities around the world based on the lifestyle costs of New York residents, including areas such as rent, shopping, hotel prices, and purchasing power.
In this list, 3 Swiss cities, Zurich, Lausanne, and Geneva, were declared the most expensive cities in the world.
New York was at number four on the list.
The Swiss cities of Basel and Bern were ranked 5th and 6th respectively.
Similarly, the 2 American cities of San Francisco and Honolulu were ranked 7th and 8th, while the Icelandic capital Reykjavik was ranked 9th.
The American city of Boston was declared the 10th most expensive city.
According to the list, the cheapest city in the world is Coimbatore in India, above which is the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
The list stated that Lahore and Karachi are the third and fourth cheapest cities in the world, respectively, which are 85% cheaper than Zurich.
Islamabad is ranked 314th in the list, which is 83% cheaper than Zurich.
