Dresden vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$637	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	33
😀 Quality of life	92	26
🏙️ Population	566K	5.33M

The cost of living in Dresden is 187% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4158th and 8650th ($1448 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 2nd in Germany and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 96th and 8929th 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	$14.5	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$1302

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

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