Karachi vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Karachi	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$429	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1025	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$179	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$173	$2834
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	63	98
😀 Quality of life	49	94
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Karachi is 78% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8915th and 1964th ($429 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Pakistan and Austria, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6242nd and 48th 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	$2.02	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.3	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.4	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$307	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.99	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.44%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$544	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.8	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.48	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.67	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.6	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.4	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1146	$15069

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Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898