Karachi vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$179	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$4332
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	63	61
😀 Quality of life	49	87
🏙️ Population	14.9M	246K

The cost of living in Karachi is 77% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 8915th and 2276th ($429 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1806th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 6242nd and 251st 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	$2.02	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$13601

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954