Karachi vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$168	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$976
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	63	29
😀 Quality of life	54	49
🏙️ Population	14.9M	6.17M

The cost of living in Karachi is 44% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 8915th and 6772nd ($430 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 30th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 6371st and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Maoming

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	Karachi	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$16634

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941