Karachi vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Karachi	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$421	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1023	$2467
🏠 One person rent	$146	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$237	$956
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.5	$35.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$142	$512
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	63	8
😀 Quality of life	54	55
🏙️ Population	14.9M	77.6K

The cost of living in Karachi is 58% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 8923rd and 5497th ($421 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Pakistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 0.5 months in Phuket. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Phuket ranked 9th in Thailand, while ranked 6375th and 6330th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Phuket

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	Karachi	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$5.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$40.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$9.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$1157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.8	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	5.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$751	$3728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$469	$2603
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.06	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$19.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$3.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.26	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$4.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.6	$53.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$7.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$97.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.4	$565
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1476	$13979

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$784
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$836
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$582
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$788
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$616
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$588
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$735
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$592
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$545
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$762
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$720
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$439
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$555
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$677
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$453
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$449
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$567
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$787
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$809
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$839
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$743
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$741
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$718
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992