Copenhagen vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$434
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$1045
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$72.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$152
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	94	63
😀 Quality of life	97	54
🏙️ Population	667K	14.9M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 512% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 650th and 8914th ($2656 vs $434) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Denmark and Pakistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 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 4th and 6414th 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	$21.8	$1.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$122
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$71.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$224
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$69.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	13.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$659
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$9.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$5.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$1.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$17.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$4.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$1.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$58.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$1646

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

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