Hamburg City vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$179
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	84	63
😀 Quality of life	94	50
🏙️ Population	1.91M	14.9M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 354% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 1818th and 8872nd ($2007 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 40th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Karachi

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	Hamburg City	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$1405

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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