Karachi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$168	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$988
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	63	7
😀 Quality of life	54	66
🏙️ Population	14.9M	133K

The cost of living in Karachi is 67% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8915th and 4439th ($430 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and Maldives, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 0.7 months in Male. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 6371st and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Male

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	Karachi	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$3575

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327