Columbus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	72	30
😀 Quality of life	90	33
🏙️ Population	906K	4.27M

The cost of living in Columbus is 377% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1512th and 8842nd ($2181 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 0.2 months in Kabul. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 217th and 8609th 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	$19.3	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$1486

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439