Karachi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Karachi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1045	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$163	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$690
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	45
😀 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 8914th and 7085th ($434 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6414th and 4594th 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	$1.8	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.5	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$224	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$129	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.7	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.94%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$659	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$422	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.03	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.25	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.6	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.99	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.6	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$58.1	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1646	$6043

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537