Karachi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$174	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$626
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	63	43
😀 Quality of life	53	63
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Karachi is 49% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8902nd and 6335th ($417 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6078th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Nur-Sultan

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	Karachi	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$8086

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651