Kabul vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$6085
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$2619
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$634
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$214
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4456
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	33	92
😀 Quality of life	26	96
🏙️ Population	5.33M	548K

The cost of living in Kabul is 80% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 8650th and 901st ($504 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th 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 1.8 months in The Hague. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs The Hague ranked 1st in the Netherlands, while ranked 8929th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs The Hague

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	Kabul	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$21.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$15.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$4.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$6520
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$4705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$4.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$106
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$4.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$4.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$26.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$98.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$2623
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$12462

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2424
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2389
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2659
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2755
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3165
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2608
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2564
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2407
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2185
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2112
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2296
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2399
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2460
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2283
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2247
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2662
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2111
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$2053
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1477
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2341
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2148
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1739
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1834
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1829
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2353
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1688