Kabul vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$211	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$3888
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	56
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	5.33M	526K

The cost of living in Kabul is 71% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8650th and 2992nd ($504 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 152nd 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 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 8929th and 131st 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	$3.18	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$19685

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729