Frankfurt vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated:

Livingcost

Frankfurt Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2182
$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5115
$1029
🏠 One person rent
$1245
$168
🏘️ Family rent
$2194
$274
🍽️ Food expenses
$585
$146
🚐 Transport expenses
$174
$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4614
$132
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
13 km
8 km
🎓 Higher education
87
63
😀 Quality of life
95
54
🏙️ Population
776K
14.9M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 408% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1510th and 8915th ($2182 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd 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 Frankfurt compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 38th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Frankfurt vs Karachi infographic

Share this infographic!

Prices in Frankfurt vs Karachi

Prices for goods and services in Frankfurt and Karachi are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

Frankfurt Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$17.3
$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$79.3
$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$14
$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.63
$1.85
☕ Cappuccino
$4.6
$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$3.6
$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1285
$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1001
$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2273
$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1844
$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$149
$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$226
$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$38
$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.91%
16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$8398
$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5144
$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$4.41
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$66.7
$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$23.2
$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$2.02
$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.54
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.16
$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.88
$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.6
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.7
$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.7
$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$22
$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.33
$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.13
$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.28
$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.28
$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.9
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.69
$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.77
$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.02
$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.63
$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.17
$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.57
$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.5
$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.92
$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.85
$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.39
$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$64.4
$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$16.1
$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$107
$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$21.7
$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans
$99.4
$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$95.6
$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$619
$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16203
$1491

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

More cities to compare

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Frankfurt

Distance City Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi Offenbach am Main
$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi Neu-Isenburg
$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi Bad Vilbel
$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi Eschborn
$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi Dreieich
$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi Muhlheim am Main
$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi Maintal
$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi Oberursel
$1861
13 km or 8 mi Obertshausen
$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi Bad Soden
$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi Dietzenbach
$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi Langen
$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi Karben
$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi Hattersheim am Main
$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi Morfelden-Walldorf
$1812
16 km or 10 mi Friedrichsdorf
$1844
16 km or 10 mi Kelkheim
$1836
17 km or 11 mi Hofheim
$1832
17 km or 11 mi Hanau
$1640
18 km or 11 mi Rodgau
$1741
18 km or 11 mi Rodermark
$1757
19 km or 12 mi Bruchkobel
$1693
21 km or 13 mi Florsheim am Main
$1815
22 km or 14 mi Nidderau
$1763
22 km or 14 mi Seligenstadt
$1713
23 km or 14 mi Russelsheim am Main
$1813
24 km or 15 mi Weiterstadt
$1755
25 km or 16 mi Friedberg
$1801
26 km or 16 mi Gro-Gerau
$1776
28 km or 17 mi Darmstadt
$1793
29 km or 18 mi Bad Nauheim
$1810
30 km or 18 mi Griesheim
$1756
32 km or 20 mi Wiesbaden
$1922
32 km or 20 mi Idstein
$1810
32 km or 20 mi Mainz
$1736
33 km or 20 mi Gro-Umstadt
$1756
34 km or 21 mi Riedstadt
$1775
35 km or 22 mi Pfungstadt
$1763
36 km or 22 mi Butzbach
$1769

Cities near Karachi

Distance City Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi Hyderabad
$382
208 km or 129 mi Nawabshah
$324
213 km or 132 mi Mirpur Khas
$395
324 km or 201 mi Larkana
$336
324 km or 201 mi Bhuj
$290
366 km or 227 mi Sukkur
$340
406 km or 252 mi Jacobabad
$322
445 km or 277 mi Porbandar
$330
480 km or 298 mi Rajkot
$324
564 km or 351 mi Mehsana
$382
593 km or 368 mi Quetta
$291
601 km or 374 mi Ahmedabad
$442
604 km or 375 mi Gandhinagar
$407
626 km or 389 mi Bhavnagar
$291
629 km or 391 mi Jodhpur
$322
643 km or 399 mi Pali
$305
643 km or 399 mi Nadiad
$375
645 km or 401 mi Chabahar
$573
675 km or 419 mi Udaipur
$315
679 km or 422 mi Dera Ghazi Khan
$254
683 km or 425 mi Bahawalpur
$301
683 km or 425 mi Iranshahr
$624
692 km or 430 mi Vadodara
$374
711 km or 442 mi Godhra
$366
719 km or 447 mi Bikaner
$290
723 km or 449 mi Surat
$705
736 km or 457 mi Multan
$403
745 km or 463 mi Navsari
$278
761 km or 473 mi Kandahar
$436
769 km or 478 mi Bhilwara
$328
775 km or 482 mi Khanewal
$362
785 km or 488 mi Ajmer
$274
792 km or 492 mi Lashkargah
$439
796 km or 494 mi Zahedan
$808
812 km or 504 mi Burewala
$347
836 km or 519 mi Ratlam
$303
845 km or 525 mi Vasai
$267
865 km or 537 mi Muscat
$1081
866 km or 538 mi Sikar
$335
874 km or 543 mi Zabol
$558