Cologne vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cologne	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1968	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4619	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1830	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$536	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$196	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$132
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	63
😀 Quality of life	96	54
🏙️ Population	1.09M	14.9M

The cost of living in Cologne is 358% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 2104th and 8915th ($1968 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cologne compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Cologne ranked 1st best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 23rd and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Karachi

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	Cologne	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.5	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.06	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.38	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1997	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1478	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.8	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6855	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5848	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.93	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.6	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.16	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.3	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.3	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$98	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19386	$1491

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1759
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1745
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1744
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1741
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1740
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1726
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1750
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1699
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1711
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1736
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1695
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1770
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1694
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1678
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1716
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1642
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1747
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1957
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1674
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1691
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1654
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1645
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1666
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1608
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1661
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1611
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1650
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1613
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1662
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1979

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558