Karachi vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$168	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$5915
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	63	87
😀 Quality of life	54	93
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.01M

The cost of living in Karachi is 89% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 8915th and 6th ($430 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 6371st and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs San Jose, United States

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	Karachi	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$22302

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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 San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254