Auckland vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Auckland	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1961	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4489	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1107	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1860	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3143	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	32	63
😀 Quality of life	91	54
🏙️ Population	1.47M	14.9M

The cost of living in Auckland is 357% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 2124th and 8915th ($1961 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in New Zealand and Pakistan, respectively. Check New Zealand vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 170th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Auckland vs Karachi

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	Auckland	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.6	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.89	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1141	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1583	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7253	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5974	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.77	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.55	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.56	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.4	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$864	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13612	$1491

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Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1716
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1678
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1499
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1383
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1250
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1678
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1312
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1423
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1237
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1425
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1493
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1612
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1480
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1379
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1612
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1252
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1743
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1709
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1838
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$1869
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1396
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1254
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1638
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1847
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1536
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$2086
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1461
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1238
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1878
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1807
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$1022
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$836
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$818
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$997
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1839

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558