Rahim Yar Khan
- Population
- 517,000
- Coordinates
- 28.42ยฐ N, 70.30ยฐ E
- Time zone
- Asia/Karachi
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $400 a month in Rahim Yar Khan, rent included: 93% less than in New York. The average net salary is $90.29 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%19
- Safetycountry20%54
- Health carecountry15%55
- Climate10%74
- Air quality10%47
- Connectivitycountry10%26
- Cost10%95
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Pakistan
- #9
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #204
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Rahim Yar Khan | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $1.44 | $25.00 | โ94% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $10.83 | $140 | โ92% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $4.51 | $14.00 | โ68% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.71 | $8.00 | โ66% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.24 | $10.00 | โ48% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $0.84 | $6.37 | โ87% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.29 | $3.80 | โ92% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.18 | $2.89 | โ94% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.70 | $1.36 | โ49% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.45 | $4.68 | โ90% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $0.68 | $6.97 | โ90% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.13 | $5.73 | โ80% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $3.25 | $17.38 | โ81% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $2.44 | $15.11 | โ84% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $4.38 | $17.77 | โ75% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $0.45 | $6.11 | โ93% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $0.36 | $2.20 | โ84% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $0.54 | $5.77 | โ91% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $0.36 | $6.25 | โ94% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.36 | $3.47 | โ90% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.27 | $4.17 | โ94% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.18 | $2.72 | โ93% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.28 | $2.50 | โ89% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $1.84 | $20.00 | โ91% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | โ | $3.21 | โ |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.89 | $3.96 | โ27% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $2.17 | $19.00 | โ89% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.11 | $3.00 | โ96% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | โ | $140 | โ |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $0.72 | $3.00 | โ76% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.36 | $2.18 | โ83% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $2.26 | $42.00 | โ95% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.03 | $1.10 | โ6% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $25,026 | $35,458 | โ29% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $23,475 | $25,309 | โ7% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mยฒ apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | โ | โ | โ |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $4.94 | $73.50 | โ93% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $14.45 | $71.93 | โ80% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $9.63 | $126 | โ92% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $18.06 | $62.38 | โ71% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $4.33 | $23.00 | โ81% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $19.26 | $3,366 | โ99% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $1,011 | $60,589 | โ98% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $10.83 | $72.80 | โ85% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $18.06 | $53.22 | โ66% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $92.70 | $118 | โ21% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $25.73 | $125 | โ79% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $126 | $4,417 | โ97% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $90.29 | $3,033 | โ97% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $271 | $9,242 | โ97% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $181 | $5,461 | โ97% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $542 | $18,759 | โ97% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $451 | $6,523 | โ93% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $90.29 | $5,178 | โ98% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 12.50% | 6.49% | +6.0 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | โ | $126 | $90.29 |
| Aug 2026 | โ | $126 | $90.25 |
| Jun 2026 | โ | โ | โ |
| May 2026 | โ | $114 | โ |
| Apr 2026 | โ | $114 | โ |
| Dec 2025 | โ | $113 | โ |
| Nov 2025 | โ | $112 | โ |
| Oct 2025 | โ | $123 | โ |
| Sep 2025 | โ | $112 | โ |
| May 2025 | โ | $79.80 | โ |
| Dec 2024 | โ | $80.79 | โ |
| Nov 2024 | โ | $80.98 | โ |
| Oct 2024 | โ | $80.95 | โ |
| Sep 2024 | โ | $81.04 | โ |
| Jun 2024 | โ | $71.89 | $136 |
| May 2024 | โ | $71.83 | $136 |
| Apr 2024 | โ | $72.05 | $136 |
| Mar 2024 | โ | $71.75 | $135 |
| Feb 2024 | โ | $71.49 | $135 |
| Jan 2024 | โ | $71.62 | $135 |
| Dec 2023 | โ | $70.48 | $133 |
| Nov 2023 | โ | $72.30 | $136 |
| Oct 2023 | โ | $69.12 | $130 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Pakistan's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Rahim Yar Khan yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Rahim Yar Khan. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Rahim Yar Khan on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 28.4 ยฐC
- Warmest monthJune
- 38.2 ยฐC
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 15.2 ยฐC
- Rain a year
- 158 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 30%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.6 kWh/mยฒ
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 92
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 ยฐC
- 74
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 91
- PM2.5
- 25.8ยตg/mยณ, mean
- Air score
- 470-100
Internet
Pakistan median; city not listed- Upload
- 19Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 6ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 32Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 24ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 27.5Years of income, 90 mยฒ flat
- Price to rent
- 18.1Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.5%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 12.50%20-year fixed
- 80 mยฒ in the centre
- 40.0Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 9Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 8 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026