Berlin vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$179
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	63
😀 Quality of life	95	50
🏙️ Population	3.78M	14.9M

The cost of living in Berlin is 359% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1762nd and 8872nd ($2027 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 21st and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Karachi

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	Berlin	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$1405

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

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