Gold Coast vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$173
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	63
😀 Quality of life	88	49
🏙️ Population	608K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 436% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1120th and 8915th ($2300 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 209th and 6242nd 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	$13.9	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$1146

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

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