Dresden vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$706	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	33
😀 Quality of life	92	25
🏙️ Population	566K	5.33M

The cost of living in Dresden is 224% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 3968th and 8823rd ($1531 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 3rd 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 19th best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 117th and 8992nd 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	$13.3	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$1540

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

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