Copenhagen vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$995
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$174
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$184
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	63
😀 Quality of life	96	53
🏙️ Population	644K	14.9M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 472% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 872nd and 8902nd ($2387 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Denmark and Pakistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 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 6078th 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	$19.6	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$93.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$60.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$93.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	21.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$584
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$3.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$3.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$4.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$17.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$2.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$15.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$46.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$1093

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2008
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1887
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1276
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1566
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1766
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1480
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1652
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1439
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1375
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1638
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1181
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1318
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1972
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1569
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1880
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1392
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1282
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1541
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1584
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1403
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1581
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1380
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1438
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1657
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1382
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1398
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1426
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1506
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1159
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1599
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1338
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1380
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1519
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1329

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546