Karachi vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Karachi	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1045	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$3958
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	63	60
😀 Quality of life	54	88
🏙️ Population	14.9M	246K

The cost of living in Karachi is 76% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 8914th and 2713th ($434 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1895th in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Louisville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 6414th and 333rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Louisville

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	Karachi	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.5	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$224	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$129	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.7	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.94%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$659	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$422	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.03	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.25	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.6	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.99	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.6	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$58.1	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1646	$16074

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011