Kabul vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$195	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$3954
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	30	90
😀 Quality of life	33	94
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kabul is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8842nd and 920th ($458 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 1.6 months in Munich. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 8609th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Munich

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	Kabul	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730