Alexandria vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	63
😀 Quality of life	48	50
🏙️ Population	4.87M	14.9M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 29% less expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 9165th and 8872nd ($316 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 3rd in Egypt and Pakistan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 6367th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Karachi

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	Alexandria	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$1405

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$268
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$288
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$301
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$300
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$307
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$417
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$318
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$335
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$276
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$325
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$295
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$319
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$272
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$339
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$640
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1742
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1732
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1684
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1837
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1686
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1551
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$290
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1884
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1471
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1834
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1811
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2156
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232

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