Karachi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$168	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	46
😀 Quality of life	54	60
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.2M

The cost of living in Karachi is 51% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8915th and 6322nd ($430 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6371st and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Karachi	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758