Adelaide vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	93	54
🏙️ Population	1.39M	14.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 439% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1210th and 8914th ($2338 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd 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 0.4 months in Karachi. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 73rd and 6414th 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	$15.9	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$1646

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561