Dublin vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	63
😀 Quality of life	96	54
🏙️ Population	593K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dublin is 565% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 315th and 8915th ($2858 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Ireland and Pakistan, respectively. Check Ireland vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 21st and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Karachi

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	Dublin	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$1491

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2402
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2443
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2902
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1955
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2010
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1912
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1879
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2359
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1884
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2205
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1484
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1703
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2159
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2768
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1712
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1551
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1655
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1815
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1804
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1937
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1832
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1813
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1682
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2472
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1729
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2023
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1802
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1680
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1873
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1883
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1840
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1652
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1839
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1723

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