Caloocan vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caloocan	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$568	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1342	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$292	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$492	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.1	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$287	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	74	63
😀 Quality of life	50	54
🏙️ Population	1.66M	14.9M

The cost of living in Caloocan is 32% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8098th and 8915th ($568 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 45th and 2nd in the Philippines and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Caloocan compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Caloocan ranked 18th best city to live in the Philippines vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 6622nd and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caloocan vs Karachi

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	Caloocan	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.57	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.44	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$0.98	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$255	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.8	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3001	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1791	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.86	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.16	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$5.18	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.11	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.16	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$31	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$146	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4595	$1491

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Cities near Caloocan

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Malabon	$674
3.3 km or 2 mi	Navotas	$657
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Valenzuela	$432
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Manila	$790
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Quezon	$717
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Meycauayan	$561
10 km or 6.4 mi	Mandaluyong	$742
12 km or 7.3 mi	Pasay	$785
13 km or 8.2 mi	Makati	$1009
14 km or 8.9 mi	Marikina	$555
15 km or 9.4 mi	Pasig	$642
17 km or 11 mi	Taguig	$807
19 km or 12 mi	Cainta	$760
20 km or 12 mi	San Jose del Monte	$511
21 km or 13 mi	Bacoor	$540
21 km or 13 mi	Paranaque	$651
22 km or 14 mi	Las Pinas	$628
24 km or 15 mi	Antipolo	$570
25 km or 15 mi	Imus	$536
27 km or 17 mi	Malolos	$630
31 km or 19 mi	Muntinlupa	$692
31 km or 19 mi	General Trias	$519
33 km or 20 mi	Binangonan	$525
34 km or 21 mi	San Pedro	$617
36 km or 22 mi	Dasmarinas	$414
37 km or 23 mi	Binan	$613
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Rosa	$575
42 km or 26 mi	Trece Martires	$542
45 km or 28 mi	Cabuyao	$616
52 km or 33 mi	San Fernando	$609
53 km or 33 mi	Calamba	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Tanauan	$535
67 km or 42 mi	Santo Tomas	$531
69 km or 43 mi	Angeles	$624
75 km or 47 mi	San Pablo	$477
75 km or 47 mi	Mabalacat	$598
76 km or 47 mi	Olongapo	$471
82 km or 51 mi	Lipa	$425
93 km or 58 mi	Cabanatuan	$448
100 km or 62 mi	Tarlac	$457

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