Copenhagen vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$421
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$1023
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$146
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$237
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$142
😷 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 507% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 805th and 8923rd ($2555 vs $421) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.3 months in Karachi. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5th and 6375th 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	$21.1	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$117
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$91.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	13.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$469
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$6.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$6.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$5.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$1.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$19.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$63.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$1476

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$355
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$320
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$342
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$273
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$352
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$337
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$312
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$298
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$367
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$303
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$312
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$299
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$360
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$530
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$314
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$310
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$559
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$358
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$350
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$279
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$663
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$440
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$267
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$473
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$316
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$401
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$260
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$469
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$717
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$350
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$283
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$252
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1193
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$311
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$525