Cost of Living in Karachi, Pakistan

This page summarises typical cost of living in Karachi, Pakistan, expressed in PKR. A single person can expect to budget around 160,000 PKR per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 78/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Karachi is relatively affordable relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: PKR. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Karachi has an affordability score of 78/100, which places it in the relatively affordable range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Karachi a single-person monthly budget is around 160,000 PKR and a one-bedroom rent around 84,800 PKR. Use the affordability score (78/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Lahore — affordability 78/100
• Cost of living in Mumbai — affordability 78/100
• Cost of living in Delhi — affordability 80/100