Baltimore vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Baltimore	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2224	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5241	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$1309	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$2141	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$623	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4251	$142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	97	63
😀 Quality of life	91	54
🏙️ Population	586K	14.9M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 429% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1429th and 8923rd ($2224 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1183rd and 5th 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 1.9 months in Baltimore compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Baltimore ranked 29th best city to live in the United States vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 138th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Karachi

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	Baltimore	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.42	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1599	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$981	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1812	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.3%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2495	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2320	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.3	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.45	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.62	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.72	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.9	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.74	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.6	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1730	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18541	$1476

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2484
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2603
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2856
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2377
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3012
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2554
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2787
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2862
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2694
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2596
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2774
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$3016
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2223
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2678
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2769
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2512
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3350
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3031
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2695
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2913
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2572
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2275
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2318
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2801
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2367
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2508
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2799
76 km or 47 mi	York	$2088
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2803
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2793
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2341
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2222
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3338
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2095
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2696
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2608
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2205
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2037

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525