Karachi vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$374
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$1053
🏠 One person rent	$174	$123
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$316
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$459
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	62
😀 Quality of life	53	55
🏙️ Population	14.9M	3.38M

The cost of living in Karachi is 12% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8902nd and 9021st ($417 vs $374) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 68th in Pakistan and India, respectively. Check Pakistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 6078th and 5989th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Lucknow

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	Karachi	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$2.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$8.44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$3.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$73.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$50.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$7.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	9.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$1474
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$3.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$5.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$25.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$4.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$2.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$30.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$47.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$80.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$3600

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$301
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$471
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$414
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$329
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$342
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$400
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$310
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$363
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$306
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$433
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$435
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$361
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$337
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$288
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$352
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$296
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$345
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$362
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$408
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$423
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$458
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$390
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$484
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$284
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$522
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$321
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$335
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$355
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$379
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$455
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$371
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$291
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$374
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$255
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$316
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$343
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$337