Karachi vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$2649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$6134
🏠 One person rent	$179	$1700
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$3035
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$4686
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	78
😀 Quality of life	49	88
🏙️ Population	14.9M	689K

The cost of living in Karachi is 84% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8915th and 514th ($429 vs $2649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 455th 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 56th in the United States, while ranked 6242nd and 226th 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	$2.02	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$1820
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$1457
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$2584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$3565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$3245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$69.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$4.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$1194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$20657

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2466
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2371
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2339
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2670
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2270
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2303
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2275
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2038
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2028
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1607
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2246
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2081
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1802
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1926
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2098
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2134
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1323
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1854
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1651
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1956
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2014
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1687
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1708
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1764
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1911
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2035
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1746
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1780
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1317
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1627
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2119
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1542