Karachi vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1084
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$3226
🏠 One person rent	$174	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$1512
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$220
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	63	28
😀 Quality of life	53	41
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.19M

The cost of living in Karachi is 62% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 8902nd and 4791st ($417 vs $1084) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Pakistan and Mozambique, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.2 months in Maputo. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 6078th and 7059th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Maputo

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	Karachi	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$57.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$8.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$1202
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$49.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$105
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	21.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$3602
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$2315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$5.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$6.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$7.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$26.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$3971

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$978
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$447
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$558
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$739
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$866
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$746
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$631
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$741
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$755
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$783
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$889
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$908
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$776
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$780
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$637
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$875
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$751
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$845
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$701
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$682
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$535
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$605
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$511
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$837
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$511
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$656
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$719
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$631
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$554
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1014
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$689
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$603