Karachi vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$168	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$2096
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$545
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$3927
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	63	93
😀 Quality of life	54	98
🏙️ Population	14.9M	2.14M

The cost of living in Karachi is 82% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 8915th and 1191st ($430 vs $2338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Pakistan and Australia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 6371st and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Perth

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	Karachi	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$1454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$1242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$2492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$5455
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$4695
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$3.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$77
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$8.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$4.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$21.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$58
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$73.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$1856
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$13377

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736