Bangalore vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangalore	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$524	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1260	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$221	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$384	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.9	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	76	63
😀 Quality of life	65	54
🏙️ Population	12.3M	14.9M

The cost of living in Bangalore is 22% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8500th and 8915th ($524 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in India and Pakistan, respectively. Check India vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Bangalore compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Bangalore ranked 6th best city to live in India vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5281st and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangalore vs Karachi

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	Bangalore	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.4	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.27	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.27	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$288	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.6	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.71%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2084	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1082	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.26	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.48	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.09	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.2	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.65	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.7	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$121	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3795	$1491

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Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$355
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$341
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$327
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$346
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$295
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$235
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$291
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$286
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$345
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$347
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$327
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$368
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$367
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$326
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$340
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$295
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$327
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$300
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$286
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$317
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$321
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$266
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$437
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$310
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$275
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$400
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$347
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$383
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$535
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$283
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$356
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$345
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$347
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$351
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$382
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$334
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$355
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$300
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$353

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