Global CityIntelligence

Pakistan / South Asia

Karachi City Intelligence

Karachi is Pakistan's largest coastal megacity and main port, with dense urban form, heavy trade and finance activity, and meaningful heat, coastal, and air-quality pressures. Karachi is a south asia city of about ~17M metro in Pakistan. On the composite city-intelligence score, Karachi sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~17M metro
View of Karachi, Pakistan

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Overall score

Use the Karachi profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and coastal-air-quality signals alongside Lahore, Mumbai, and other South-Asian metros.

Overall64/100
Affordability78/100
Air quality50/100
Energy58/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

64/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Karachi data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Karachi city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score64/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living78/100Karachi's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality50/100Karachi's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy58/100Karachi's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety61/100Karachi's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Karachi's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk58/100Karachi's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience58/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety43/100
Low crime43/100
Personal safety46/100
Night safety36/100
Road safety48/100

Karachi scores below average for safety in our index (43/100); research neighborhoods and take standard precautions.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life51/100
Healthcare52/100
Education60/100
Green space39/100
Cleanliness45/100
Infrastructure56/100
Mobility59/100

Karachi has a modest quality-of-life estimate (51/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness50/100
Education60/100
Green space39/100
Overall safety43/100

Karachi scores modest for family living (50/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability62/100
Walkability80/100
Cycling53/100
Infrastructure56/100

Karachi is moderate for remote workers (62/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability53/100
Healthcare52/100
Cleanliness45/100
Outdoor lifestyle20/100

Karachi is modest for retirement (53/100), appealing for affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Karachi

Local public safety guidance for Karachi, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Karachi, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Pakistan emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Karachi

Healthcare context for Karachi, with national-level information from Pakistan where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Karachi, see the Pakistan healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Karachi

Local mobility context for Karachi, with national-level context from Pakistan where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Karachi, see the Pakistan transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Karachi. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Karachi

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Karachi will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Karachi air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Karachi modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Karachi

Karachi's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Karachi

Karachi's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Karachi

Karachi's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Karachi

Karachi's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Karachi

Karachi's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Karachi

Karachi's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Karachi

Cost of living estimates for Karachi — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Karachi

Climate profile for Karachi — Desert climate, annual average 25.9°C, comfort score 58/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Karachi

Economy and jobs profile for Karachi — mixed economy, economy score 50/100, key industries including manufacturing, logistics, tourism. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Karachi

Education profile for Karachi — mixed education base, education score 55/100, 6 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Karachi

Healthcare and retirement profile for Karachi — developing healthcare market, healthcare score 52/100, retirement score 57/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Karachi

Estimate a monthly budget for Karachi using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Karachi

Plan a trip budget for Karachi using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Karachi

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Karachi. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Muscat, Oman

Cross-border · about 865 km from Karachi. Explore Muscat's city intelligence profile.

Mumbai, India

Cross-border · about 883 km from Karachi. Explore Mumbai's city intelligence profile.

Pune, India

Cross-border · about 998 km from Karachi. Explore Pune's city intelligence profile.

Lahore, Pakistan

Same region · about 1034 km from Karachi. Explore Lahore's city intelligence profile.

Delhi, India

Cross-border · about 1098 km from Karachi. Explore Delhi's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Karachi profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and coastal-air-quality signals alongside Lahore, Mumbai, and other South-Asian metros. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (78/100) and safety (61/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (50/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Pakistan country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Karachi appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.