Berlin vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$152
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	63
😀 Quality of life	95	54
🏙️ Population	3.78M	14.9M

The cost of living in Berlin is 430% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1275th and 8914th ($2302 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 7th best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 35th and 6414th 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	$16	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$1646

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$365
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$326
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$392
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$337
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$284
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$343
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$327
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$324
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$310
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$378
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$298
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$330
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$317
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$373
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$575
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$326
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$627
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$382
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$289
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$693
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$417
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$463
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$331
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$382
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$269
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$467
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$813
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$351
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$297
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$294
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1135
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$325
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$561