Karachi vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$188	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2731
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	72
😀 Quality of life	50	78
🏙️ Population	14.9M	7.01M

The cost of living in Karachi is 73% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8872nd and 2911th ($442 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6253rd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Riyadh

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	Karachi	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$10598

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529