Dresden vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$684	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	65	63
😀 Quality of life	88	50
🏙️ Population	566K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dresden is 217% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 3862nd and 8872nd ($1402 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 3rd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 217th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Karachi

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	Dresden	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$1405

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419

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