Haiphong vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Haiphong	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1853	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$277	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$788	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$606	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	63
😀 Quality of life	56	50
🏙️ Population	2.09M	14.9M

The cost of living in Haiphong is 34% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7762nd and 8872nd ($591 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Vietnam and Pakistan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Haiphong compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Haiphong ranked 4th best city to live in Vietnam vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5753rd and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Haiphong vs Karachi

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	Haiphong	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.56	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.5	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.35	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$329	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1039	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$668	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.96%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.93	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.47	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.58	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.63	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.69	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.89	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.6	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.21	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$262	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12463	$1405

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Cities near Haiphong

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Hai Duong	$554
46 km or 29 mi	Ha Long	$582
52 km or 32 mi	Thai Binh	$513
67 km or 42 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
68 km or 42 mi	Cam Pha	$569
77 km or 48 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Hanoi	$647
123 km or 76 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
144 km or 89 mi	Viet Tri	$592
144 km or 90 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
191 km or 119 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
194 km or 120 mi	Chongzuo	$564
239 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
258 km or 160 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Beihai	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
285 km or 177 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
340 km or 211 mi	Sa Pa	$553
345 km or 214 mi	Baise	$571
369 km or 229 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
380 km or 236 mi	Wenshan	$575
390 km or 243 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
390 km or 243 mi	Haikou	$650
397 km or 246 mi	Guigang	$702
410 km or 255 mi	Sanya	$763
413 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
420 km or 261 mi	Laibin	$598
426 km or 265 mi	Thakhek	$1161
451 km or 280 mi	Maoming	$756
451 km or 280 mi	Gaozhou	$761
457 km or 284 mi	Hechi	$575
482 km or 299 mi	Liuzhou	$579
483 km or 300 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
487 km or 303 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
491 km or 305 mi	Hue	$393
510 km or 317 mi	Xingyi	$571
530 km or 329 mi	Vientiane	$1163
555 km or 345 mi	Da Nang	$593
558 km or 346 mi	Udon Thani	$543
561 km or 349 mi	Yangjiang	$877

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552