Glasgow vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Glasgow	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4848	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$1146	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$2071	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3562	$173
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	63
😀 Quality of life	96	49
🏙️ Population	626K	14.9M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 370% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8915th ($2013 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Glasgow compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 19th and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Karachi

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	Glasgow	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.4	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.22	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.44	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1254	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$882	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2451	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.48%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3909	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3280	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.9	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.6	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.01	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1167	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12979	$1146

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364

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