Copenhagen vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	30
😀 Quality of life	98	33
🏙️ Population	667K	4.27M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 468% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 713th and 8842nd ($2601 vs $458) 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 0.2 months in Kabul. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 10th and 8609th 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	$23.6	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$1486

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

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