Bangui vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$225	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$132
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	63
😀 Quality of life	8	54
🏙️ Population	889K	14.9M

The cost of living in Bangui is 22% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8489th and 8915th ($526 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the Central African Republic and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 9279th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Karachi

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	Bangui	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$1491

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$808
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$494
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$496
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$836
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$858
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$505
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$671
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$621
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$596
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$536
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$957
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$644
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$793
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$543
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$698
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1363
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$849
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1241
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$879
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$618
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$595
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$665
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$755
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$928
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$538
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1413
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$508
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$505
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$555
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$536
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$960
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$708
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$520
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$536
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$397
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864

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