Karachi vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$188	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$522
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	46
😀 Quality of life	50	55
🏙️ Population	14.9M	2.96M

The cost of living in Karachi is 48% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 8872nd and 6253rd ($442 vs $853) 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 6253rd and 5872nd 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	$1.99	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$9301

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785