Karachi vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$179	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$501
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	45
😀 Quality of life	49	54
🏙️ Population	14.9M	2.96M

The cost of living in Karachi is 47% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 8915th and 6377th ($429 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 6242nd and 5908th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Tashkent

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	Karachi	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$9093

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838