Karachi vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Karachi	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$421	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1023	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$146	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$237	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.5	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$142	$2928
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	100
😀 Quality of life	54	93
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.9M

The cost of living in Karachi is 78% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2370th ($421 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 64th in Pakistan and Canada, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 6375th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Montreal

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	Karachi	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.8	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$751	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$469	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.06	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.26	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.6	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.4	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1476	$6432

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828