Karachi vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$188	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$692
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	54
😀 Quality of life	50	60
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.26M

The cost of living in Karachi is 40% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8872nd and 6742nd ($442 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 21st in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 6253rd and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Karachi vs Kazan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/karachi/kazan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Karachi vs Kazan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/karachi/kazan" target="_blank">Karachi vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Karachi vs Kazan

Prices for goods and services in Karachi and Kazan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Karachi	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$4497

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867