Jacksonville vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Jacksonville	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2192	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5144	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$1279	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$2197	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$648	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3945	$142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	56	63
😀 Quality of life	87	54
🏙️ Population	950K	14.9M

The cost of living in Jacksonville is 421% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1499th and 8923rd ($2192 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1231st 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 Jacksonville compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Jacksonville ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 325th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Jacksonville	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$97.1	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.08	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1458	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1004	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2511	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1805	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.16%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2350	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2047	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.1	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.08	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.44	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.85	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.92	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.4	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1309	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11918	$1476

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Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2202
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2195
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2201
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2168
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2163
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2321
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2172
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2278
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1991
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2288
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2321
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2300
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2348
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2260
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2323
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2325
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1515
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2121
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2313
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2345
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2362
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2372
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2401
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2401
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2363
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2480
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2401
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2378
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2352
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2404
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2643
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2243
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2053
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2318
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2599
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2617
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2282
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2313
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2158
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1863

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