Karachi vs Nicosia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Nicosia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$3383
🏠 One person rent	$168	$775
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$1312
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$477
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$1674
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	70
😀 Quality of life	54	81
🏙️ Population	14.9M	56.8K

The cost of living in Karachi is 70% less expensive than in Nicosia. Cities ranked 8915th and 4118th ($430 vs $1453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Pakistan and Cyprus, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Cyprus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.2 months in Nicosia. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nicosia ranked 3rd in Cyprus, while ranked 6371st and 705th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Nicosia

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	Karachi	Nicosia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$8.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1220
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1006
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$230
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$2954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$8.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$5.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$3.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$53.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$508
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$8498

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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 Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1420
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1275
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1587
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1376
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1403
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2175
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1945
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1728
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$634
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$734
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$820
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$441
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$420
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$724
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$787
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1261
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1028
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$647
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$822
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$690
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$791
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$647
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$930
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$659
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$591
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1775
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1633
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$599
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1840
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$543
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$438
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$1035
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1630
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769