More In Lifestyle

More Lifestyle Slide Shows
No. 1 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Karachi, Pakistan

Prev
Where to Live Well for Less No. 25 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Tripoli, Libya No. 24 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Tbilisi, Georgia No. 23 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina No. 22 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Minsk, Belarus No. 21 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Chennai, India No. 20 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Gaborone, Botswana No. 19 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Quito, Ecuador No. 18 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Winston-Salem, N.C. No. 17 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Windhoek, Namibia No. 16 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: San Salvador, El Salvador No. 15 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Tirana, Albania No. 14 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Skopje, Macedonia No. 13 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Kampala, Uganda No. 12 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Kolkata, India No. 11 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Asunción, Paraguay No. 10 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Nouakchott, Mauritania No. 9 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan No. 8 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Tunis, Tunisia No. 7 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Tegucigalpa, Honduras No. 6 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Islamabad, Pakistan No. 5 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan No. 4 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia No. 3 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: La Paz, Bolivia No. 2 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Managua, Nicaragua No. 1 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Karachi, Pakistan

No. 1 Cheapest City for Expensive Living: Karachi, Pakistan

Monthly rent, unfurnished 2-br luxury apartment: $292.90
Lunch for one at a nice restaurant: $18.75
One liter of gas, unleaded 95 octane: $0.94
Beer, local brand: N/A
Cup of coffee, including service: $2.70

Situated on the coast of the Arabian Sea, Karachi is Pakistan's financial center, main port, and largest city. Once again, it is the cheapest city in the world for expats. Karachi generates about 65 percent of Pakistan's total national revenue with industries that include cement, food processing, shipbuilding, steel, textiles, chemicals, refined oil, shoes, and machines, according to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.