Belgrade vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$622	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	63
😀 Quality of life	71	50
🏙️ Population	1.2M	14.9M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 163% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4605th and 8872nd ($1160 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Serbia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 2157th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Karachi

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	Belgrade	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$1405

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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