Karachi vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$168	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$733
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	63	85
😀 Quality of life	54	71
🏙️ Population	14.9M	9.07M

The cost of living in Karachi is 22% less expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 8915th and 8245th ($430 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 341st in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.3 months in Shenyang. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 6371st and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Shenyang

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	Karachi	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$24707

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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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501