Karachi vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Karachi	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$421	$3662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1023	$8238
🏠 One person rent	$146	$2434
🏘️ Family rent	$237	$4002
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.5	$409
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$142	$4720
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	54	97
🏙️ Population	14.9M	8.8M

The cost of living in Karachi is 89% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 8923rd and 28th ($421 vs $3662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.3 months in London. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6375th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs London

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	Karachi	London
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$98.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$9.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$5.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$2743
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$2091
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$4437
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$3517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.8	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$40.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$751	$20829
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$469	$9663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.06	$106
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$31.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$5.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.26	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$23.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$3.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.6	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$18.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$91.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.4	$2713
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1476	$25686

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525

Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3042
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2520
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2447
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2563
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2399
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2382
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2396
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2349
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2630
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2308
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2384
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2451
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2205
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2214
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2290
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2117
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2253
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2294
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2545
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2244
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2234
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2820
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2234
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2159
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2634
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2289
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2235
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2309
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1842
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2188
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2200
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2164
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2559
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2109
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2363
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2476
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2178