Karachi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$179	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$591
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	43
😀 Quality of life	49	64
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Karachi is 45% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8915th and 6525th ($429 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th 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 6242nd and 4508th 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	$2.02	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$6243

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595