Jeju Island vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jeju Island	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1100	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2764	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$480	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$812	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$456	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1449	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	19	63
😀 Quality of life	65	54
🏙️ Population	678K	14.9M

The cost of living in Jeju Island is 156% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4961st and 8915th ($1100 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 2nd in South Korea and Pakistan, respectively. Check South Korea vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Jeju Island compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Jeju Island ranked 73rd best city to live in South Korea vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5177th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeju Island vs Karachi

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	Jeju Island	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.06	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.44	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.5	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.15%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9156	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5889	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.89	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.19	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.37	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.34	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.3	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.34	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.5	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$347	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20533	$1491

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Cities near Jeju Island

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Seogwipo	$1095
16 km or 10 mi	Jeju	$1069
159 km or 99 mi	Mokpo	$1005
186 km or 115 mi	Naju	$1001
187 km or 116 mi	Yeosu	$994
197 km or 122 mi	Suncheon	$1016
203 km or 126 mi	Gwangju	$1081
206 km or 128 mi	Gwangyang	$991
228 km or 142 mi	Goto	$904
240 km or 149 mi	Tongyeong	$934
241 km or 149 mi	Namwon	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Jeongeup	$981
248 km or 154 mi	Jinju	$1064
251 km or 156 mi	Geoje	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Sacheon	$984
271 km or 169 mi	Tsushima	$933
273 km or 170 mi	Gimje	$982
275 km or 171 mi	Masan	$1008
279 km or 173 mi	Jeonju	$831
281 km or 175 mi	Hirado	$908
284 km or 177 mi	Tsushima Island	$937
288 km or 179 mi	Changwon	$1084
289 km or 180 mi	Iksan	$998
291 km or 181 mi	Gunsan	$1020
294 km or 183 mi	Saikai	$893
295 km or 184 mi	Matsuura	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Iki	$925
297 km or 185 mi	Sasebo	$939
300 km or 186 mi	Gimhae	$975
301 km or 187 mi	Busan	$1108
312 km or 194 mi	Imari	$902
312 km or 194 mi	Miryang	$1038
315 km or 196 mi	Togitsu	$886
318 km or 197 mi	Nagayo	$887
318 km or 197 mi	Nagasaki	$948
318 km or 198 mi	Yangsan	$1039
319 km or 199 mi	Karatsu	$913
320 km or 199 mi	Nonsan	$1046
324 km or 201 mi	Omura	$891
325 km or 202 mi	Takeo	$895

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