Baghdad vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$423	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$179
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	63
😀 Quality of life	54	50
🏙️ Population	8.13M	14.9M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 105% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 6020th and 8872nd ($904 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Iraq and Pakistan, respectively. Check Iraq vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5970th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Karachi

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	Baghdad	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$1405

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$752
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$659
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$817
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$580
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$651
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$680
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$570
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$587
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$641
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$659
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$508
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$582
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$531
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$597
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$533
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$554
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$476
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$458
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$577
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$536
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$672
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$505
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$646
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513

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