Copenhagen vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	94	33
😀 Quality of life	97	25
🏙️ Population	667K	5.33M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 461% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 650th and 8823rd ($2656 vs $473) 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 1.9 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 4th and 8992nd 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	$21.8	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$1540

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

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