Karachi vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$168	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$3535
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	63	98
😀 Quality of life	54	95
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Karachi is 80% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8915th and 1640th ($430 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Austria, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6371st and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Vienna

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	Karachi	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946