Japan vs. Pakistan Cost of Living Summary

Japan is 4.1 times more expensive than Pakistan overall.

Restaurants
pay 3.0 times more in Japan
Groceries
pay 4.2 times more in Japan
Transportation
pay 4.1 times more in Japan
Housing
pay 4.0 times more in Japan
Childcare
pay 8.6 times more in Japan
Entertainment and Sports
pay 2.6 times more in Japan
Clothing
pay 94.7% more in Japan

The cost of childcare, groceries, transportation, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Japan are more expensive than in Pakistan. Notably, childcare, groceries, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Japan.

Japan vs. Pakistan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Japan instead of Pakistan, you would:

pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

 
Pakistan
Japan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.63
PKR457.88
$6.44
¥953
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$3.70
PKR1,037.76
$4.94
¥731
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.30
PKR83.61
$0.97
¥144

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pay 4.2 times more for groceries

 
Pakistan
Japan
Bread
1 loaf
$0.54
PKR152.64
$1.52
¥226
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.48
PKR694.01
$5.72
¥847
Milk (1 gallon) $2.74
PKR767.99
$5.46
¥808

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pay 4.1 times more for transportation

 
Pakistan
Japan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.71
PKR1,040.07
$4.22
¥625
Monthly public transit pass $6.71
PKR1,881.71
$57.82
¥8,559
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $18,760.96
PKR5,259,369.94
$22,042.19
¥3,263,236

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pay 4.0 times more for housing

 
Pakistan
Japan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$13.82
PKR3,874.58
$31.09
¥4,603
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $88.73
PKR24,874.41
$500.38
¥74,078
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $52.29
PKR14,658.59
$325.42
¥48,176

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pay 8.6 times more for childcare

 
Pakistan
Japan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $34.35
PKR9,629.83
$288.10
¥42,652
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,271.23
PKR356,370.74
$11,095.30
¥1,642,604

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pay 2.6 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Pakistan
Japan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.82
PKR511.45
$2.71
¥401
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.50
PKR419.29
$2.78
¥411
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.89
PKR530.01
$3.98
¥590

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pay 94.7% more for clothing

 
Pakistan
Japan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$14.19
PKR3,977.01
$40.54
¥6,002
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$21.90
PKR6,138.22
$26.82
¥3,970
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$61.34
PKR17,197.06
$54.08
¥8,006

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2025
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