Karachi vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Karachi	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1886
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$995	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$174	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$1946
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$474
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$157
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$3734
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	63	93
😀 Quality of life	53	94
🏙️ Population	14.9M	548K

The cost of living in Karachi is 78% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 8902nd and 2098th ($417 vs $1886) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Pakistan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 2 months in The Hague. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 6078th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs The Hague

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	Karachi	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1228
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.1	$870
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$179	$1596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.2	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.9	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.14%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$584	$4834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$3569
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$4.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$63.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.45	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.18	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.22	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.03	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.5	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.64	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.3	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.7	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1093	$8049

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$1804
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2205
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2013
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2465
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$2545
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2055
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$1894
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$1939
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2001
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$1822
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$1647
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$1981
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$1833
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$1919
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$1965
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1818
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1501
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$1756
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$1796
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1376
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1650
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1631
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$1909
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1539