Cologne vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cologne	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1851	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4479	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1819	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3275	$188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	29
😀 Quality of life	97	13
🏙️ Population	1.08M	4.27M

The cost of living in Cologne is 209% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2308th and 7801st ($1851 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in Germany and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 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 16th and 9123rd 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	$14	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$801	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2061	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6540	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5856	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.37	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.82	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.7	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16860	$1452

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1593
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1620
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1563
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1586
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1580
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1566
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1582
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1572
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1530
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1594
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1765
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1578
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1652
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1558
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1531
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1415
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1571
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1453
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1550
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1566
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1527
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1548
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1542
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1861

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487