Copenhagen vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	93	30
😀 Quality of life	97	14
🏙️ Population	644K	4.27M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 392% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1085th and 8769th ($2333 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Denmark and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 10th and 9071st 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	$18.8	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$1356

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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