Kabul vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$3962
🏠 One person rent	$195	$856
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1466
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$3010
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	30	71
😀 Quality of life	33	92
🏙️ Population	4.27M	620K

The cost of living in Kabul is 73% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8842nd and 3162nd ($458 vs $1690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 230th in Afghanistan and Germany, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Leipzig ranked 15th in Germany, while ranked 8609th and 113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Leipzig

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	Kabul	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$560
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$4459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$2997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$66.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$6.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$2.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$10887

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401