Atlanta vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$179
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	63
😀 Quality of life	90	50
🏙️ Population	499K	14.9M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 482% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 704th and 8872nd ($2570 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th and 3rd in the United States and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Atlanta compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 165th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Karachi

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	Atlanta	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$1405

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

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