Karachi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$179	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$543
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	46
😀 Quality of life	49	55
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.21M

The cost of living in Karachi is 33% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8915th and 7383rd ($429 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 28th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 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 6242nd and 5846th 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	$2.02	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$5245

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519