Hanoi vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$292	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$179
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	71	63
😀 Quality of life	62	50
🏙️ Population	8.44M	14.9M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 46% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7236th and 8872nd ($647 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Vietnam and Pakistan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 4848th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Karachi

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	Hanoi	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$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	$302	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$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	$0.98	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$1405

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393

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