Indianapolis vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Indianapolis	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2405	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5527	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$1478	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$2331	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	70	63
😀 Quality of life	89	54
🏙️ Population	888K	14.9M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 472% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1079th and 8923rd ($2405 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 928th and 5th in the United States and Pakistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Indianapolis ranked 63rd best city to live in the United States vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 237th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.5	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.99	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.76	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1535	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1207	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2597	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1915	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2599	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.4	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.27	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.2	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1743	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24177	$1476

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908

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