Karachi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$168	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$3627
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	56
😀 Quality of life	54	92
🏙️ Population	14.9M	526K

The cost of living in Karachi is 76% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8915th and 2865th ($430 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 145th in Pakistan and Germany, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karachi compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 6371st and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Nuremberg

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	Karachi	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$15497

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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

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719