Karachi vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$168	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$236
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$544
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	63	5
😀 Quality of life	54	42
🏙️ Population	14.9M	115K

The cost of living in Karachi is 2% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 8915th and 8940th ($430 vs $420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Pakistan and Bhutan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 6371st and 7547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Thimphu

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	Karachi	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$17.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$17.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$26.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$4.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$1.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$43.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$653

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$450
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$308
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$311
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$918
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$316
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$298
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$348
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$321
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$338
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$297
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$981
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$284
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$287
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$297
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$282
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$281
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$321
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$293
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$294
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$427
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$464
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$362
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$348
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$328
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$300
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$286
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$320
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$289
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$286
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$289