Abidjan vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$439	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	34	63
😀 Quality of life	37	50
🏙️ Population	4.98M	14.9M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 131% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 5348th and 8872nd ($1022 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Ivory Coast and Pakistan, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7322nd and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Karachi

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	Abidjan	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.2	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$1405

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552