Karachi vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$188	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$794
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	63	47
😀 Quality of life	50	62
🏙️ Population	14.9M	276K

The cost of living in Karachi is 44% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 8872nd and 6461st ($442 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 6253rd and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Sarajevo

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	Karachi	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$2856

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768