Karachi vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$3007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$6888
🏠 One person rent	$174	$2075
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$3850
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$539
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$249
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$4634
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	89
😀 Quality of life	53	98
🏙️ Population	14.9M	5.87M

The cost of living in Karachi is 86% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 8902nd and 133rd ($417 vs $3007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Pakistan and Singapore, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.5 months in Singapore City. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 6078th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Singapore City

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	Karachi	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$9.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$7.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$2587
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$1768
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$4669
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$3392
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$167
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$35.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$20493
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$12922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$93.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$2.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$23.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$4.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$7.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$96
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$52.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$25.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$72.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$1175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$26424

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546

Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2733
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$623
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$585
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$511
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$610
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$611
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$602
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$545
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$554
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$482
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$480
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$539
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$644
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$582
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$479
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$553
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$512
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$913
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$550
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$457
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$596
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$638
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$493
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$450
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$442
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$521
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$578
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$476
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$566
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$544