Brisbane vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	63
😀 Quality of life	97	54
🏙️ Population	2.71M	14.9M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 452% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1241st and 8923rd ($2323 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 3rd and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Karachi

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	Brisbane	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$1476

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525