Gold Coast vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gold Coast	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5159	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$2387	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3044	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	63
😀 Quality of life	89	54
🏙️ Population	608K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 435% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1270th and 8915th ($2297 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Australia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 255th and 6371st 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	$18	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.5	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.47	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.52	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1199	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2559	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2014	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4115	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.32	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.2	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.4	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.6	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2150	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7100	$1491

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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