Birmingham vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	63
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	1.14M	14.9M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 342% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1973rd and 8872nd ($1951 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 35th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Karachi

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	Birmingham	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$1405

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

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