Calgary vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	63
😀 Quality of life	91	54
🏙️ Population	1.31M	14.9M

The cost of living in Calgary is 384% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1781st and 8915th ($2079 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 2nd in Canada and Pakistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 160th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Karachi

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	Calgary	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$1491

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558