Edmonton vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edmonton	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1878	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1038	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$1712	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$570	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3113	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	64	63
😀 Quality of life	90	54
🏙️ Population	1.01M	14.9M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 333% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 2524th and 8914th ($1878 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th and 2nd in Canada and Pakistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Edmonton ranked 19th best city to live in Canada vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 193rd and 6414th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Karachi

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	Edmonton	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.72	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1034	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1752	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1381	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.7%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2368	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.74	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.3	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.44	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.4	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.9	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$762	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10028	$1646

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1775
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1841
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2118
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1801
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1815
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1993
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1672
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1773
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1956
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2315
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1762
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2187
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2156
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2470
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2544
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1697
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1899
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2054
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2237
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2457
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2540
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2526
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2361
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561