Jerusalem vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jerusalem	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5689	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$2480	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$674	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	78	63
😀 Quality of life	87	54
🏙️ Population	936K	14.9M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 470% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 950th and 8915th ($2447 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Israel and Pakistan, respectively. Check Israel vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 351st and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jerusalem vs Karachi

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	Jerusalem	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18.4	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.82	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1189	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2738	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2087	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14293	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9538	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.26	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.57	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.38	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.5	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.8	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23696	$1491

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Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

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