Adelaide vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	92	54
🏙️ Population	1.39M	14.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 460% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1178th and 8923rd ($2355 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 5th in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 75th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Karachi

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	Adelaide	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$1476

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525