Kathmandu vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$131	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$3493
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	94
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	846K	664K

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 82% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 8918th and 1038th ($419 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Nepal and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Nepal vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 6495th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Rotterdam

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	Kathmandu	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514