Karachi vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$188	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$686
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	63	61
😀 Quality of life	50	67
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.99M

The cost of living in Karachi is 39% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8872nd and 6769th ($442 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Belarus, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 6253rd and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Minsk

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	Karachi	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$10220

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850