Karachi vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$174	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$1208
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	63	96
😀 Quality of life	53	73
🏙️ Population	14.9M	12.5M

The cost of living in Karachi is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8902nd and 5167th ($417 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6078th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Moscow

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	Karachi	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517