Hengyang vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hengyang	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$622	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$246	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.3	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$704	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	63
😀 Quality of life	49	54
🏙️ Population	6.65M	14.9M

The cost of living in Hengyang is 45% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7637th and 8915th ($622 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 136th and 2nd in China and Pakistan, respectively. Check China vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Hengyang compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Hengyang ranked 143rd best city to live in China vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 6726th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hengyang vs Karachi infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hengyang/karachi.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hengyang vs Karachi infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hengyang/karachi" target="_blank">Hengyang vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hengyang vs Karachi

Prices for goods and services in Hengyang and Karachi are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hengyang	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.7	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.11	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.06	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$189	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$492	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$203	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.65%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2989	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2356	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.2	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.71	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.3	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.1	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.26	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.2	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$317	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7438	$1491

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599

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