Karachi vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Karachi	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1029	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$168	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$274	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$146	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.4	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$132	$3556
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	63	83
😀 Quality of life	54	93
🏙️ Population	14.9M	633K

The cost of living in Karachi is 81% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8915th and 1455th ($430 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd 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 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 6371st and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karachi vs Stuttgart

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	Karachi	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.75	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.3	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.8	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$204	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$133	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.46%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.76	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.37	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.24	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.1	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.6	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1491	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763