Cologne vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cologne	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1941	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4759	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$1049	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$1816	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$538	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$208	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3341	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	33
😀 Quality of life	95	26
🏙️ Population	1.09M	5.33M

The cost of living in Cologne is 285% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2200th and 8650th ($1941 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 2nd in Germany and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cologne compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 21st and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Kabul

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	Cologne	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$805	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8050	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5385	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.12	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$27.6	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.48	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.3	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.4	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1042	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23900	$1302

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1728
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1972
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1715
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1713
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1726
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1722
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1689
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1732
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1693
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1713
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1689
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1716
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1721
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1696
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1674
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1764
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1686
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1667
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1657
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1738
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1948
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1673
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1698
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1658
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1631
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1662
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1653
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1668
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1652
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1617
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1653
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1597
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1685
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1629
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1650
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1913

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469