Beirut vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$605	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	75	63
😀 Quality of life	63	50
🏙️ Population	2.42M	14.9M

The cost of living in Beirut is 184% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4326th and 8872nd ($1255 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Lebanon and Pakistan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 4772nd and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Karachi

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	Beirut	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$1405

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902

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