Karachi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$168	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$598
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	42
😀 Quality of life	54	68
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.08M

The cost of living in Karachi is 41% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8915th and 6947th ($430 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 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 6371st and 4595th 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	$1.75	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525