Karachi vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Karachi	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$421	$2451
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1023	$5856
🏠 One person rent	$146	$1515
🏘️ Family rent	$237	$2643
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$643
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.5	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$142	$4510
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	78
😀 Quality of life	54	89
🏙️ Population	14.9M	689K

The cost of living in Karachi is 83% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8923rd and 982nd ($421 vs $2451) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 843rd 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 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nashville ranked 66th in the United States, while ranked 6375th and 252nd 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	$1.81	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$7.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$6.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$1666
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1232
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$3034
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$2217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.8	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$73.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$751	$4767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$469	$2707
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.06	$61.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$3.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.26	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.6	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$54.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.4	$1468
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1476	$30286

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2332
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2322
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2315
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2809
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2246
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2275
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2245
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2291
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2017
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2027
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2074
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2213
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1829
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1933
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1812
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1907
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1896
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1427
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1666
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2119
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2144
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1838
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1686
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1808
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1859
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2096
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1989
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1806
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1365
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1602
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1391
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2079
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1896
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1595