Karachi vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$168	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$516
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	43
😀 Quality of life	54	61
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.4M

The cost of living in Karachi is 51% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 8915th and 6373rd ($430 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6371st and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Karachi	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$6621

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600