Karachi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$188	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$3273
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	59
😀 Quality of life	50	91
🏙️ Population	14.9M	526K

The cost of living in Karachi is 74% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8872nd and 2788th ($442 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 75th 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 2 months in Nuremberg. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 6253rd and 107th 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	$1.99	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$13791

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557