Karachi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$179	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$1661
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	95
😀 Quality of life	49	87
🏙️ Population	14.9M	4.04M

The cost of living in Karachi is 60% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8915th and 5212th ($429 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6242nd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs New Taipei

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	Karachi	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605