Amsterdam vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amsterdam	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2859	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6482	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$1887	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$3118	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$599	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4389	$173
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	63
😀 Quality of life	95	49
🏙️ Population	921K	14.9M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 567% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 252nd and 8915th ($2859 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the Netherlands and Pakistan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 25th and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Karachi

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	Amsterdam	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.7	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.44	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1928	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1599	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3529	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2619	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.24%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10663	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7824	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.81	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.7	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.28	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.01	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.41	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.8	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.3	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.1	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2462	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13828	$1146

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2373
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2076
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2246
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2180
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2072
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2088
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2184
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2228
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2039
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2375
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1412
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2053
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1916
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2094
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2010
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1991
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1821
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2219
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1916
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2034
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1987
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1782
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1897
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1968
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1985
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1831
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1891
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2027
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1994
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1953
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1661
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1841
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1886
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2006
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1827
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1845
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1750
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1865

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548