Karachi vs Luanda - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Luanda
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1116
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2855
🏠 One person rent	$168	$563
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$897
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$318
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$86.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$3956
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	63	19
😀 Quality of life	54	61
🏙️ Population	14.9M	2.49M

The cost of living in Karachi is 62% less expensive than in Luanda. Cities ranked 8915th and 4912th ($430 vs $1116) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Angola, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Angola comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 3.5 months in Luanda. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Luanda ranked 1st in Angola, while ranked 6371st and 5762nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Luanda

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	Karachi	Luanda
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$5.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$41.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$7.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$594
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1095
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$567
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$90.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$134
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	23.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$10342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$8.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$7.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$4.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$138
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$182
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$822
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$19860

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558

Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$946
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$853
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$871
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$893
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$706
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$684
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$719
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$585
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$606
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$536
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$536
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$538
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$595
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$928
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$536
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$682
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$993
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$807
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$1029
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$708
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$836
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$897
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1059
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$885
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1241
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$1044
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$819
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$1045
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$671
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$924
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$494
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$1413
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1363
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$755
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$1032