Karachi vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$6220
🏠 One person rent	$174	$1671
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$3099
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$4605
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	78
😀 Quality of life	53	87
🏙️ Population	14.9M	689K

The cost of living in Karachi is 84% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8902nd and 489th ($417 vs $2623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 441st in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nashville ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 6078th and 198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Nashville

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	Karachi	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$5.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$1401
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$3812
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$2623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$75.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$3579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$3234
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$5.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$5.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$3.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$3.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$8.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$3.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$90
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$1334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$20441

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2438
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2367
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2345
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2312
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2300
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2255
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2293
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2260
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2534
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2155
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$1968
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1987
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2220
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1766
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2004
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$2123
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2386
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2546
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1313
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$2045
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1702
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1941
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$1985
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1785
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1742
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1768
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1933
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2026
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1515
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1910
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1487
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1768
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2142
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1972
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2120
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1675