Karachi vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Karachi	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1045	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$4411
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	82
😀 Quality of life	54	89
🏙️ Population	14.9M	468K

The cost of living in Karachi is 81% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 8914th and 1246th ($434 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1054th in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Raleigh ranked 64th in the United States, while ranked 6414th and 245th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Raleigh

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	Karachi	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.5	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$224	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$129	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.7	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.94%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$659	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$422	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.03	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.25	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.6	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.99	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.6	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$58.1	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1646	$24650

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736