Amsterdam vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	63
😀 Quality of life	95	50
🏙️ Population	921K	14.9M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 532% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 331st and 8872nd ($2791 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the Netherlands and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 29th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Karachi

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	Amsterdam	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$1405

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552