Karachi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$168	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$1378
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	94
😀 Quality of life	54	87
🏙️ Population	14.9M	4.04M

The cost of living in Karachi is 62% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8915th and 4867th ($430 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6371st and 387th 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	$1.75	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$17207

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589