Kaohsiung vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2619	$995
🏠 One person rent	$339	$174
🏘️ Family rent	$747	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1088	$184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	81	63
😀 Quality of life	84	53
🏙️ Population	2.73M	14.9M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 123% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 5786th and 8902nd ($932 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 320th and 6078th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Karachi

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	Kaohsiung	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$93.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$60.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.3	$93.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.21%	21.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4824	$584
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2490	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$3.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$3.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$3.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$4.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$2.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$17.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.14	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$2.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.6	$15.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.1	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$313	$46.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12618	$1093

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$913
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$952
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$725
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$791
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$857
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$890
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$995
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$746
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$860
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$917
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$863
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$851
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1011
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$676
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$721
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$860
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$675
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$588
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$664
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$716
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$738
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$694
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$799
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$667
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$678
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1083
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$744
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$487
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$891
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$787
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$837
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$655

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546