Karachi vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Sagamihara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2533
🏠 One person rent	$168	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$2373
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	63	95
😀 Quality of life	54	82
🏙️ Population	14.9M	726K

The cost of living in Karachi is 58% less expensive than in Sagamihara. Cities ranked 8915th and 5415th ($430 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 340th in Pakistan and Japan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 2.3 months in Sagamihara. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Sagamihara ranked 11th in Japan, while ranked 6371st and 593rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Sagamihara

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	Karachi	Sagamihara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$439
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$5449
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$2919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$68.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$6.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$30.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$7.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$4.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$2.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$68.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$33
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$10783

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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 Sagamihara

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Aikawa	$971
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Machida	$1049
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Zama	$958
11 km or 6.6 mi	Tama	$1040
12 km or 7.4 mi	Hino	$1085
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hachioji	$1286
12 km or 7.5 mi	Yamato	$1017
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ebina	$935
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kunitachi	$1050
15 km or 9.2 mi	Inagi	$1058
15 km or 9.2 mi	Atsugi	$968
15 km or 9.3 mi	Tachikawa	$1073
15 km or 9.4 mi	Fuchu	$1088
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ayase	$959
15 km or 9.6 mi	Akishima	$1100
18 km or 11 mi	Kokubunji	$1050
18 km or 11 mi	Chofu	$1113
19 km or 12 mi	Isehara	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Akiruno	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Koganei	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Fussa	$1077
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1066
21 km or 13 mi	Komae	$1115
21 km or 13 mi	Higashiyamato	$1044
21 km or 13 mi	Musashimurayama	$1051
22 km or 13 mi	Samukawa	$983
22 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
23 km or 14 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Mizuho	$1045
23 km or 14 mi	Hamura	$1058
24 km or 15 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
24 km or 15 mi	Uenohara	$1041
25 km or 15 mi	Musashino	$1110
25 km or 16 mi	Hadano	$1016
26 km or 16 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
26 km or 16 mi	Ome	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Chigasaki	$1046
27 km or 17 mi	Hiratsuka	$1078
27 km or 17 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
28 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1076