Kabul vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$195	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$3627
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	30	56
😀 Quality of life	33	92
🏙️ Population	4.27M	526K

The cost of living in Kabul is 74% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8842nd and 2865th ($458 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 145th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 8609th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Nuremberg

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	Kabul	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719