Copenhagen vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$173
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	63
😀 Quality of life	97	49
🏙️ Population	644K	14.9M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 479% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 795th and 8915th ($2483 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Denmark and Pakistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 9th and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Karachi

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	Copenhagen	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$1146

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548