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Macedonia vs. Pakistan Cost of Living Summary

Macedonia is 95.3% more expensive than Pakistan overall.

Restaurants
pay 2.3 times more in Macedonia
Groceries
pay 83.0% more in Macedonia
Transportation
pay 50.9% more in Macedonia
Housing
pay 2.1 times more in Macedonia
Childcare
pay 4.1 times more in Macedonia
Entertainment and Sports
pay 25.7% more in Macedonia
Clothing
pay 2.2 times more in Macedonia

The cost of childcare, restaurants, clothing, housing, groceries, and transportation in Macedonia are more expensive than in Pakistan. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and clothing are significantly more expensive in Macedonia.

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Macedonia vs. Pakistan Cost Breakdown

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

pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.20
PKR608.17
$6.53
MKD358.76
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.26
PKR1,454.24
$5.60
MKD307.41
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.34
PKR94.95
$1.62
MKD88.99
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pay 83.0% more for groceries

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Bread
1 loaf
 $0.64
PKR176.39
$0.71
MKD38.82
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.70
PKR746.37
$3.67
MKD201.73
Milk (1 gallon) $3.11
PKR859.23
$4.67
MKD256.73
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pay 50.9% more for transportation

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.66
PKR1,288.47
$5.60
MKD307.38
Monthly public transit pass $10.52
PKR2,907.35
$28.04
MKD1,540.26
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $23,580.47
PKR7M
$33,276.49
MKD2M
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pay 2.1 times more for housing

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $15.11
PKR4,173.88
$17.88
MKD982.03
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $128.29
PKR35,448.19
$264.34
MKD14,520.22
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $72.06
PKR19,909.89
$198.42
MKD10,899.53
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pay 4.1 times more for childcare

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $39.09
PKR10,801.11
$287.04
MKD15,767.46
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,756.74
PKR485K
$4,102.29
MKD225K
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pay 25.7% more for entertainment and sports

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.51
PKR694.50
$2.05
MKD112.55
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
PKR481.61
$1.69
MKD92.93
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.93
PKR534.42
$3.13
MKD171.80
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pay 2.2 times more for clothing

 
Pakistan
Macedonia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $15.59
PKR4,308.73
$61.13
MKD3,357.68
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $22.51
PKR6,219.81
$35.04
MKD1,924.92
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $68.58
PKR18,950.21
$88.54
MKD4,863.74
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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