Karachi vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$168	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$2246
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	63	66
😀 Quality of life	54	88
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.25M

The cost of living in Karachi is 70% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8915th and 4204th ($430 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th 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 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6371st and 312th 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	$1.75	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483