Abidjan vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abidjan	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1224	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$548	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$912	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$198	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	33	63
😀 Quality of life	43	54
🏙️ Population	5.62M	14.9M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 185% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4654th and 8915th ($1224 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 0.3 months in Karachi. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7383rd and 6371st 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	$3.07	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1432	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.52	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.8	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.83	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3211	$1491

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1057
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1057
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1083
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1066
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1123
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$532
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$668
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$822
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$630
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$600
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1099
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$417
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$652
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$684
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$835
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$699
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$703
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$846
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$514
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$598
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$705
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$502
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$793
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$712
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$536
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$877
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$508

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558