Brookhaven vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	63
😀 Quality of life	69	50
🏙️ Population	486K	14.9M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 548% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 271st and 8872nd ($2863 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 3rd in the United States and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 2684th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Karachi

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	Brookhaven	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$1405

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2730
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2477
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2338
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2677
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2123
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3639
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2974
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2669
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2586
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2556
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2528
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2234
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2546
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2645
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3455
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3558
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2875
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2316
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2593
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2365
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2654
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2885
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2610
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2284
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2588
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2236
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2433
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2664
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2599
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2987
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3284
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3494
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2732
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2330
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2730

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