Karachi vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Karachi	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$421	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1023	$2793
🏠 One person rent	$146	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$237	$1013
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$142	$1316
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	63	85
😀 Quality of life	54	71
🏙️ Population	14.9M	5.65M

The cost of living in Karachi is 63% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8923rd and 4898th ($421 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 5th in Pakistan and Russia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.2 months in Saint Petersburg. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6375th and 3542nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Saint Petersburg

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	Karachi	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$9.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$738
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$1362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$78.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.8	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.8	$8.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.72%	20.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$751	$4926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$469	$3068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.06	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$11.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$5.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.97	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.26	$8.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$1.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.6	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.4	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1476	$13865

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1081
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1079
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1467
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1448
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1490
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1478
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1383
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1312
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$1085
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1445
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1521
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$758
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1220
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1533
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1673
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1428
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1759
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1843
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1550
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1698
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$834
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1970
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1455
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1644
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1531
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1974
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1419
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1594
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1054
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1436
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1391
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1492
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1403
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1525
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1578
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1179
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1597