Amsterdam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	95	30
😀 Quality of life	96	33
🏙️ Population	921K	4.27M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 581% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 143rd and 8842nd ($3118 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the Netherlands and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 31st and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Kabul

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	Amsterdam	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$1486

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439