Karachi vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$168	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	63	56
😀 Quality of life	54	44
🏙️ Population	14.9M	43.9K

The cost of living in Karachi is 60% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 8915th and 5084th ($430 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and the Palestine, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 6371st and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Ramallah

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	Karachi	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$4130

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850