Karachi vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$188	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$1546
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	63	96
😀 Quality of life	50	74
🏙️ Population	14.9M	13.1M

The cost of living in Karachi is 64% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8872nd and 4359th ($442 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 6253rd and 1187th 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	$1.99	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592