Columbus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	72	29
😀 Quality of life	88	13
🏙️ Population	906K	4.27M

The cost of living in Columbus is 276% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1248th and 7801st ($2252 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 1st in the United States and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 242nd and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Kabul

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	Columbus	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$1452

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

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