Davao vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Davao	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$626	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$294	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.6	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$492	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	63
😀 Quality of life	60	50
🏙️ Population	1.78M	14.9M

The cost of living in Davao is 42% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7397th and 8872nd ($626 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 3rd in the Philippines and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Davao compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5168th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Karachi

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	Davao	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.78	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1513	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.98	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.01	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.99	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7817	$1405

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$572
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$553
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$562
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$417
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$541
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$377
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$440
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$553
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$407
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$431
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$597
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$518
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$504
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$492
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$650
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$589
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$516
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$667
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$707
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$709
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$735
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$727
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$595
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$587
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$610
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$562
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$567
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$598
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$524
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$450
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$566
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$439
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$442
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$820
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$520
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$580
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$442
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$498
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$441
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$593

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552