Karachi vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Karachi Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$417
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$995
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$174
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$312
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$142
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$60.5
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$184
$386
😷 Air quality
Bad
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
8 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
63
60
😀 Quality of life
53
57
🏙️ Population
14.9M
1.43M

The cost of living in Karachi is 22% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8902nd and 8242nd ($417 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Pakistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6078th and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Karachi Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$1.9
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$12.5
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.13
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$1.9
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.31
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$142
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$93.1
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$316
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$179
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$60.2
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$93.9
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$11
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
21.14%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$584
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$336
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.23
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12.2
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.45
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.04
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.79
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.49
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.01
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.18
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.94
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.24
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.76
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.99
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.65
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.83
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.5
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.32
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.39
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.25
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.76
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.22
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.38
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.03
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$1.92
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.36
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.03
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.07
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$17.5
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.05
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$10.9
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.64
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$15.3
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$53.2
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$46.7
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1093
$1310

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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$439
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495