Karachi vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$3235
🏠 One person rent	$179	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1720
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$30.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$742
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	63	7
😀 Quality of life	49	53
🏙️ Population	14.9M	77.6K

The cost of living in Karachi is 56% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 8915th and 5798th ($429 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Pakistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Phuket ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 6242nd and 6033rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Karachi vs Phuket infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/karachi/phuket.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Karachi vs Phuket infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/karachi/phuket" target="_blank">Karachi vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Karachi vs Phuket

Prices for goods and services in Karachi and Phuket are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Karachi	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$4.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$36.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$1825
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$76.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	4.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$4213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$2936
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$21.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$4.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$9.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$13132

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$822
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$807
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$635
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$795
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$594
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$561
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$745
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$563
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$763
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$806
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$523
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$669
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$671
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$490
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$759
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$670
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$519
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$503
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$570
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$676
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$773
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$800
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$729
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$687
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$754
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$697
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892