Glasgow vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	63
😀 Quality of life	95	54
🏙️ Population	626K	14.9M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 379% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8915th ($2058 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 2nd 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 52nd and 6371st 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	$19.9	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$1491

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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