Karachi vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$168	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$2284
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	63	93
😀 Quality of life	54	89
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.4M

The cost of living in Karachi is 76% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8915th and 2821st ($430 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6371st and 277th 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	$1.75	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284