Karachi vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$188	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$2738
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	72
😀 Quality of life	50	92
🏙️ Population	14.9M	620K

The cost of living in Karachi is 71% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8872nd and 3353rd ($442 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 271st in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Karachi compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 6253rd and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Leipzig

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	Karachi	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$9452

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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

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307