Columbus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	30
😀 Quality of life	88	14
🏙️ Population	906K	4.27M

The cost of living in Columbus is 352% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1476th and 8769th ($2145 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 3rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 249th and 9071st 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	$18.9	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$1356

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476