Adelaide vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	1.39M	14.9M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 348% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1894th and 8872nd ($1978 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 3rd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 46th and 6253rd 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	$14.9	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$1405

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

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