Kabul vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$6349
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1608
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$2828
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$656
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$4180
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	94
😀 Quality of life	25	95
🏙️ Population	5.33M	664K

The cost of living in Kabul is 82% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 8823rd and 676th ($473 vs $2637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Afghanistan and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.6 months in Rotterdam. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Rotterdam ranked 4th in the Netherlands, while ranked 8992nd and 24th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Rotterdam

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	Kabul	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.79	$24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$95.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$1621
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$2889
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2391
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$54.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$5975
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$4252
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$4.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$88.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$33.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$2.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$5.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$17.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$4.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$7.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$47.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$95.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$2442
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$13439

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2403
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2389
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2481
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2701
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2332
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2471
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2348
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2258
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2110
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2264
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2669
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2295
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1907
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2822
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2369
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2457
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2340
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3203
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2636
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2383
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1770
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2471
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2337
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2721
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2383
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2440
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2223
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1822
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1730
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2132
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1857
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2360
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1849
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1848
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2409
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1734
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2231
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1523
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727