Calgary vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	63
😀 Quality of life	90	54
🏙️ Population	1.31M	14.9M

The cost of living in Calgary is 388% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1716th and 8914th ($2118 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th and 2nd in Canada and Pakistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 209th and 6414th 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	$17	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$1646

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561