Brisbane vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	63
😀 Quality of life	97	50
🏙️ Population	2.71M	14.9M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 356% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1792nd and 8872nd ($2016 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd 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 0.4 months in Karachi. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7th and 6253rd 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	$13.3	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$1405

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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