Gold Coast vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	63
😀 Quality of life	92	54
🏙️ Population	608K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 483% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 839th and 8914th ($2528 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 124th and 6414th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Karachi

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	Gold Coast	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$1646

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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