Columbus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	33
😀 Quality of life	88	26
🏙️ Population	906K	5.33M

The cost of living in Columbus is 325% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1634th and 8650th ($2140 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 2nd 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 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 266th and 8929th 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	$20.9	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$1302

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

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