Glasgow vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	63
😀 Quality of life	94	54
🏙️ Population	626K	14.9M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 389% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1712th and 8914th ($2121 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 42nd and 6414th 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	$23	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$1646

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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