Denver vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	63
😀 Quality of life	90	50
🏙️ Population	716K	14.9M

The cost of living in Denver is 515% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 463rd and 8872nd ($2717 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th and 3rd in the United States and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Denver compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 158th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Karachi

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	Denver	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$1405

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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