Karachi vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2825
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$6608
🏠 One person rent	$168	$1770
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$3115
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$731
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$4380
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	54
😀 Quality of life	54	88
🏙️ Population	14.9M	525K

The cost of living in Karachi is 85% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 8915th and 362nd ($430 vs $2825) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 307th 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 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Sacramento ranked 98th in the United States, while ranked 6371st and 309th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Sacramento

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	Karachi	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$1816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$1449
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$3293
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$2644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$74.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$5035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$4072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$18.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$4.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$17.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$5.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$6.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$3.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$4.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$3.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$135
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$1441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$27489

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2691
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2703
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2624
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2692
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2767
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2811
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2875
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2892
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2839
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2727
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2630
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2875
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2665
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2782
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3181
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2672
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3098
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3344
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2770
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2212
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2943
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2270
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3116
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2936
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$2991
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3504
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2823
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2764
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2910
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2381
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2838
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2721
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2679
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$3033
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3058
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2114
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2858
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2950
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3818
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2850