Dusseldorf vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dusseldorf	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1861	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4578	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$1029	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1905	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$527	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3480	$188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	29
😀 Quality of life	95	13
🏙️ Population	629K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 211% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2278th and 7801st ($1861 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 1st in Germany and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dusseldorf compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 26th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Kabul

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	Dusseldorf	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.8	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.17	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.23	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$959	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1887	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$285	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.3	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7923	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6295	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.9	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.97	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.77	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.6	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$657	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22103	$1452

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1566
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1548
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1571
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1556
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1578
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1527
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1620
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1505
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1647
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1558
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1489
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1634
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1441
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1538
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1464
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1567
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1612
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1463
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1465
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1425
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1652
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1497
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1638
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1947
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1543
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1461
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1206
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1479
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1415
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1569
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1525
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1582
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1493
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1441
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1478
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1470
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1851

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