Copenhagen vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	63
😀 Quality of life	97	50
🏙️ Population	644K	14.9M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 428% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1085th and 8872nd ($2333 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Denmark and Pakistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 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 10th and 6253rd 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	$18.8	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$1405

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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