Hamburg City vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hamburg City	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5149	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$1162	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2021	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$588	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$281	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3748	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	84	33
😀 Quality of life	94	26
🏙️ Population	1.91M	5.33M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 335% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1511th and 8650th ($2189 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Germany and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 38th and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Kabul

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	Hamburg City	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.84	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2218	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10429	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5372	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.48	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.2	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.33	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.43	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$338	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19886	$1302

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1617
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1601
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1582
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1575
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1621
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1556
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1579
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1559
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1622
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1563
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1585
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1650
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1535
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1544
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1725
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1551
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1679
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1577
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1584
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1639
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1596
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1507
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1557
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1590
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1494
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1582
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1586
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1509
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1530
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1787
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1309
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1765
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1483
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1547
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1533
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1415
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1589
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1621
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1457

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