Dusseldorf vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dusseldorf	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1772	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4419	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$985	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$495	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3209	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	63
😀 Quality of life	95	50
🏙️ Population	631K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 301% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 2469th and 8872nd ($1772 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 3rd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dusseldorf compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 27th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Karachi

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	Dusseldorf	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.58	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$930	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1883	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1479	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5584	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.47	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.4	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.87	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.02	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.4	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$721	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21276	$1405

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1495
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1497
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1516
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1500
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1522
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1479
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1561
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1476
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1517
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1490
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1471
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1428
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1314
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1580
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1434
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1511
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1572
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1469
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1460
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1494
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1443
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1518
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1367
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1435
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1444
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1744

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