Davao vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Davao	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$285	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$443	$173
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	37	63
😀 Quality of life	59	49
🏙️ Population	1.78M	14.9M

The cost of living in Davao is 45% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7538th and 8915th ($623 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th 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 0.7 months in Davao compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5326th and 6242nd 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	$4.25	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.3	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.66%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2351	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.71	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.84	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.05	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$120	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8048	$1146

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$570
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$527
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$564
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$403
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$545
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$386
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$463
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$552
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$391
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$387
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$636
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$532
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$504
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$465
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$625
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$582
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$501
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$630
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$727
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$730
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$791
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$683
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$590
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$595
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$552
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$542
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$550
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$534
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$457
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$522
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$463
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$467
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$839
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$443
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$443
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$466
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$488
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$465
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$611

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548