Karachi vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$1087
🏠 One person rent	$168	$127
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$214
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$69.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$253
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	63	28
😀 Quality of life	54	51
🏙️ Population	14.9M	846K

The cost of living in Karachi is 0.6% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 8915th and 8921st ($430 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Nepal, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 6371st and 6559th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Kathmandu

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	Karachi	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$1.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$6.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$158
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$84.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$284
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$19
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$29.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$8.19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1810
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$6.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$1.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$3.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$2.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$58.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$75.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$3066

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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

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$293
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$328
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$293
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$320
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$281
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$316
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$284
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$297
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$297
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$279
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$273
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$298
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$918
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$276
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$450
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$297
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$311
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$420
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$300
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$297
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$308
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$339
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$289
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$289
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$286
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$369
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$294
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$289
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$287
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$320
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$348