Gothenburg vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gothenburg	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1879	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4293	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$949	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$1652	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3784	$142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	46	63
😀 Quality of life	92	54
🏙️ Population	675K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 347% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 2470th and 8923rd ($1879 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Sweden and Pakistan, respectively. Check Sweden vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 91st and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Karachi

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	Gothenburg	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.93	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$950	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$821	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1735	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.33%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6539	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.93	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.3	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.02	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.93	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.2	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4650	$1476

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1723
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1544
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1441
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1358
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1574
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1424
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1578
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1490
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1483
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1503
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1877
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1429
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1479
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1855
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1478
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2401
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$2018
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$2053
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1535
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$2029
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$2157
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2220
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2135
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2195
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$2071
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1423
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1723
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1980
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1481
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$2084
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$2002
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1993
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2334
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1984
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1423

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525