Dresden vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$729	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	29
😀 Quality of life	89	13
🏙️ Population	563K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dresden is 144% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 3857th and 7801st ($1462 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 1st in Germany and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 203rd and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Kabul

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	Dresden	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$1452

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487