Columbus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	33
😀 Quality of life	92	25
🏙️ Population	906K	5.33M

The cost of living in Columbus is 350% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1686th and 8823rd ($2127 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Columbus ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 96th and 8992nd 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	$18.3	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$1540

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467