Karachi vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$174	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$3155
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	99
😀 Quality of life	53	94
🏙️ Population	14.9M	2.15M

The cost of living in Karachi is 81% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8902nd and 1216th ($417 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Pakistan and France, respectively. Check Pakistan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6078th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Paris

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	Karachi	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$16502

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381