Karachi vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Karachi	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1045	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$163	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$912
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	63	8
😀 Quality of life	54	48
🏙️ Population	14.9M	24.7K

The cost of living in Karachi is 74% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8914th and 3471st ($434 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6414th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Victoria

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	Karachi	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.35	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.5	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$224	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$129	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.7	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.94%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$659	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$422	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.03	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.48	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.25	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.6	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.99	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.6	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$58.1	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1646	$8971

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419