Abidjan vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abidjan	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1224	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$548	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$912	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$198	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	33	30
😀 Quality of life	43	33
🏙️ Population	5.62M	4.27M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 167% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4654th and 8842nd ($1224 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Ivory Coast and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7383rd and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Kabul

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	Abidjan	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.07	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1432	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.52	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.8	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.83	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3211	$1486

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1057
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1057
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1083
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1066
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1123
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$532
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$668
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$822
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$630
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$600
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1099
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$417
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$652
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$684
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$835
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$699
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$703
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$846
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$514
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$598
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$705
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$502
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$793
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$712
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$536
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$877
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$508

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