Karachi vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karachi	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$188	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$147	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.1	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$3476
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	63	83
😀 Quality of life	50	93
🏙️ Population	14.9M	633K

The cost of living in Karachi is 77% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8872nd and 1961st ($442 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th 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 Stuttgart. Karachi ranked 1st best city to live in Pakistan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 6253rd and 63rd 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	$1.99	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.4	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$197	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.17%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$545	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$359	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.21	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.29	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.49	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.7	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.95	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.8	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.7	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1405	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581