Karachi vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$188	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$571
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	71
😀 Quality of life	50	64
🏙️ Population	14.9M	2.95M

The cost of living in Karachi is 48% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8872nd and 6262nd ($442 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 Kyiv. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 6253rd and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Kyiv

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	Karachi	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$7184

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570