Abidjan vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abidjan	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1114	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2962	$995
🏠 One person rent	$512	$174
🏘️ Family rent	$1248	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$217	$184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	34	63
😀 Quality of life	39	53
🏙️ Population	4.98M	14.9M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 167% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4683rd and 8902nd ($1114 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 7263rd and 6078th 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	$3.68	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.74	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$93.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1596	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$60.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$93.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.46%	21.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2052	$584
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1489	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.82	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.3	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$3.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$3.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.11	$3.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.59	$4.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$2.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.3	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.4	$17.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$2.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.4	$15.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.2	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$123	$46.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3025	$1093

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$693
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$916
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$892
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$888
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$874
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$891
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$897
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$476
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$459
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$923
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$416
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$497
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$582
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$512
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$446
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$976
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$353
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$482
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$616
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$468
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$469
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$469
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$443
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$678
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$972
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$617
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$732
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$616
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$675
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$479
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$677
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$617
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$470
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$732
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$620
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$697
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$501
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$977
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$678
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$472

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546