Bekasi vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bekasi	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$518	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1321	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$202	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$179
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	75	63
😀 Quality of life	45	50
🏙️ Population	2.38M	14.9M

The cost of living in Bekasi is 17% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8501st and 8872nd ($518 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 3rd in Indonesia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Bekasi compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Bekasi ranked 13th best city to live in Indonesia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 6589th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bekasi vs Karachi

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	Bekasi	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.6	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.84	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.69	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.9	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.7	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.11%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$651	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.5	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.15	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.63	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.6	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7538	$1405

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Cities near Bekasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Jakarta	$701
27 km or 16 mi	Depok	$385
32 km or 20 mi	South Tangerang	$536
41 km or 26 mi	Tangerang	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Bogor	$513
77 km or 48 mi	Sukabumi	$563
93 km or 58 mi	Cimahi	$500
95 km or 59 mi	Serang	$492
101 km or 63 mi	Bandung	$545
112 km or 70 mi	Cilegon	$488
180 km or 112 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
181 km or 113 mi	Cirebon	$521
211 km or 131 mi	Banjar	$490
212 km or 132 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
225 km or 140 mi	Metro	$432
246 km or 153 mi	Tegal	$480
277 km or 172 mi	Cilacap	$474
304 km or 189 mi	Pekalongan	$471
386 km or 240 mi	Semarang	$493
406 km or 252 mi	Salatiga	$421
410 km or 255 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
437 km or 271 mi	Prabumulih	$417
438 km or 272 mi	Palembang	$395
447 km or 278 mi	Surakarta	$417
482 km or 300 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
523 km or 325 mi	Madiun	$486
563 km or 350 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
580 km or 361 mi	Kediri	$464
591 km or 367 mi	Bengkulu	$500
605 km or 376 mi	Blitar	$453
615 km or 382 mi	Mojokerto	$505
636 km or 395 mi	Batu	$410
639 km or 397 mi	Jambi	$458
644 km or 400 mi	Surabaya	$549
650 km or 404 mi	Malang	$365
670 km or 417 mi	Pasuruan	$510
707 km or 439 mi	Probolinggo	$614
738 km or 459 mi	Pontianak	$427
823 km or 511 mi	Singkawang	$430
844 km or 524 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

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