Canberra vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Canberra	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2223	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4990	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2158	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4087	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	30	63
😀 Quality of life	85	54
🏙️ Population	381K	14.9M

The cost of living in Canberra is 412% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1443rd and 8914th ($2223 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 2nd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Canberra ranked 13th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 479th and 6414th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Karachi

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	Canberra	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1150	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2721	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8609	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5425	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.53	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.3	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.14	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.61	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.86	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.98	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.1	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2023	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15408	$1646

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1821
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1699
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1477
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1710
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2482
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2050
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2379
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1824
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1867
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1815
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1997
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1979
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1896
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1860
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1894
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1829
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1487
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2496
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1928
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1906
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1822
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2217
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1604
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1288
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1904
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1898
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1753
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2308
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1766

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