Kathmandu vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$131	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$2738
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	28	72
😀 Quality of life	46	92
🏙️ Population	846K	620K

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 72% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8918th and 3353rd ($419 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 271st in Nepal and Germany, respectively. Check Nepal vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 6495th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Leipzig

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	Kathmandu	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$9452

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307