Kabul vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$1659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$3917
🏠 One person rent	$211	$833
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1423
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$2965
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	33	72
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	5.33M	620K

The cost of living in Kabul is 70% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8650th and 3360th ($504 vs $1659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 275th in Afghanistan and Germany, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Leipzig ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 8929th and 106th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kabul	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$69.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$5.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$730
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$314
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$47.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$5495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$2418
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$4.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$72.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$38.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$98.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$13142

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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

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1551
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1505
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1398
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1434
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1408
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1380
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1399
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1416
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1363
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1407
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1482
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1416
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1161
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1440
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1459
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1299
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1410
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1482
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1445
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1244
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1415
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1131
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1335
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1269
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1462
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1316
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1414
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1430
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1416
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1283
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1316
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1428
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1381
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1417
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1448
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1410
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438