Karachi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$188	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$3560
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	63	90
😀 Quality of life	50	93
🏙️ Population	14.9M	1.51M

The cost of living in Karachi is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8872nd and 1352nd ($442 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 1.6 months in Munich. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6253rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Munich

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	Karachi	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.99	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560