Copenhagen vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	33
😀 Quality of life	97	26
🏙️ Population	667K	5.33M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 407% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 805th and 8650th ($2555 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Denmark and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5th and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Kabul

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	Copenhagen	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.1	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$1302

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557

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