Karachi vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$188	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2174
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	65
😀 Quality of life	50	83
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.25M

The cost of living in Karachi is 70% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8872nd and 3460th ($442 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6253rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Sharjah

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	Karachi	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536