Karachi vs Oakland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Oakland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$3123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$8266
🏠 One person rent	$174	$1974
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$4255
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$783
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$5741
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	97
😀 Quality of life	53	93
🏙️ Population	14.9M	441K

The cost of living in Karachi is 87% less expensive than in Oakland. Cities ranked 8902nd and 85th ($417 vs $3123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 72nd in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.8 months in Oakland. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Oakland ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 6078th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Oakland

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	Karachi	Oakland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$30
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$5.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$2159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$1715
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$5202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$3736
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$7041
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$7002
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$3.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$22.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$5.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$5.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$5.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$24.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$7.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$6.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$5.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$2.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$5.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$4.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$180
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$69.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$2755
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$19305

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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 Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3358
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3127
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2965
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$2969
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3729
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2840
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3042
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3046
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2876
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2660
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2929
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3133
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2782
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2860
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2968
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3147
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3163
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3219
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2697
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2947
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3518
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3583
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3135
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2922
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2824
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3109
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4148
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3567
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3300
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2900
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3003
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3389
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3186
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3313