Karachi vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Karachi	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1045	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$163	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$4145
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	99
😀 Quality of life	54	98
🏙️ Population	14.9M	5.45M

The cost of living in Karachi is 85% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8914th and 348th ($434 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Australia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 6414th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Sydney

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	Karachi	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.5	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$224	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$129	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.7	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.94%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$659	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$422	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.03	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.25	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.6	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.99	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$58.1	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1646	$21946

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864