Kabul vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$200	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$3726
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	56
😀 Quality of life	25	91
🏙️ Population	5.33M	526K

The cost of living in Kabul is 73% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8823rd and 2945th ($473 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 8992nd and 150th 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	$2.79	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$17866

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767