Karachi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$179	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$1865
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	63	92
😀 Quality of life	49	86
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.38M

The cost of living in Karachi is 74% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8915th and 3084th ($429 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Pakistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6242nd and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Prague

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	Karachi	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141