Canberra vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Canberra	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2019	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4571	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$519	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3565	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	30	63
😀 Quality of life	86	54
🏙️ Population	381K	14.9M

The cost of living in Canberra is 370% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1949th and 8915th ($2019 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 0.3 months in Karachi. Canberra ranked 10th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 413th and 6371st 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	$14.3	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.8	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.5	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.6	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1543	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.7	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.01%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7420	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4762	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.28	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.41	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.15	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.5	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1751	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13305	$1491

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1678
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1580
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1568
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1364
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1599
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2292
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1888
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2640
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2181
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1667
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1747
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1662
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1839
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1813
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1725
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1706
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1736
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1681
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1362
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2308
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1768
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1728
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1738
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1673
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2058
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1464
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1184
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1771
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1786
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1660
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2127
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1639

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