Delhi vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Delhi	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1263	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$221	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$445	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.4	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$769	$179
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	63
😀 Quality of life	61	50
🏙️ Population	26.5M	14.9M

The cost of living in Delhi is 15% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8558th and 8872nd ($510 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd in India and Pakistan, respectively. Check India vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Delhi compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Delhi ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5071st and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Delhi vs Karachi

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	Delhi	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.47	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.6	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.89	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$326	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.3	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.53	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.79%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1179	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.66	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.29	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.8	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.59	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.18	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$91.5	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1949	$1405

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Cities near Delhi

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Noida	$425
20 km or 12 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
29 km or 18 mi	Gurgaon	$536
29 km or 18 mi	Faridabad	$368
42 km or 26 mi	Sonipat	$274
59 km or 37 mi	Meerut	$342
68 km or 43 mi	Rohtak	$265
106 km or 66 mi	Bhiwani	$321
122 km or 76 mi	Aligarh	$283
130 km or 81 mi	Sambhal	$307
136 km or 84 mi	Alwar	$289
139 km or 87 mi	Mathura	$292
148 km or 92 mi	Saharanpur	$283
149 km or 92 mi	Moradabad	$309
154 km or 96 mi	Hisar	$251
183 km or 114 mi	Agra	$353
191 km or 119 mi	Rishikesh	$349
200 km or 124 mi	Dehradun	$372
217 km or 135 mi	Bareilly	$288
219 km or 136 mi	Patiala	$365
234 km or 145 mi	Chandigarh	$369
235 km or 146 mi	Sikar	$350
236 km or 146 mi	Jaipur	$376
271 km or 168 mi	Shimla	$272
282 km or 175 mi	Ludhiana	$441
289 km or 180 mi	Gwalior	$328
305 km or 190 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
330 km or 205 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
335 km or 208 mi	Jalandhar	$358
353 km or 219 mi	Ajmer	$279
382 km or 237 mi	Jhansi	$368
388 km or 241 mi	Bikaner	$297
392 km or 244 mi	Kanpur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Amritsar	$383
411 km or 256 mi	Kota	$339
419 km or 260 mi	Lucknow	$366
423 km or 263 mi	Lahore	$411
428 km or 266 mi	Pathankot	$355
434 km or 270 mi	Okara	$300
449 km or 279 mi	Bhilwara	$340

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