Hamburg City vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$218
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	84	30
😀 Quality of life	94	14
🏙️ Population	1.91M	4.27M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 323% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1818th and 8769th ($2007 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd 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 0.5 months in Kabul. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 40th and 9071st 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	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$1356

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476