Addis Ababa vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Addis Ababa	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1148	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2790	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$674	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$1109	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.2	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$184	$146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	34	33
😀 Quality of life	45	26
🏙️ Population	5.7M	5.33M

The cost of living in Addis Ababa is 128% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4878th and 8650th ($1148 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ethiopia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Ethiopia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Addis Ababa compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Addis Ababa ranked 1st best city to live in Ethiopia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7160th and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Addis Ababa vs Kabul

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	Addis Ababa	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.1	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.55	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$0.93	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$632	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$431	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1134	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$774	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.7	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1943	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1220	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.81	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.35	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.55	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.58	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.83	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.32	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.94	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.38	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.55	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.76	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.44	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.8	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.5	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30429	$1302

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Cities near Addis Ababa

Distance	City	Cost of living
222 km or 138 mi	Awasa	$910
254 km or 158 mi	Dessie	$931
258 km or 161 mi	Jimma	$746
320 km or 199 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
349 km or 217 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
374 km or 232 mi	Harar	$1050
421 km or 261 mi	Gondar	$923
447 km or 278 mi	Jijiga	$1045
460 km or 286 mi	Dikhil	$563
495 km or 308 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
498 km or 309 mi	Borama	$521
502 km or 312 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Djibouti City	$590
568 km or 353 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
587 km or 365 mi	Hargeisa	$682
595 km or 370 mi	Obock	$564
651 km or 405 mi	Mendefera	$481
666 km or 414 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
701 km or 436 mi	Asmara	$513
735 km or 457 mi	Massawa	$484
752 km or 467 mi	Keren	$483
758 km or 471 mi	Kassala	$947
761 km or 473 mi	Zabid	$476
767 km or 476 mi	Taiz	$497
780 km or 485 mi	Malakal	$494
789 km or 490 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
805 km or 500 mi	Aden	$509
806 km or 501 mi	Kosti	$788
807 km or 502 mi	Ibb	$488
851 km or 529 mi	Bor	$505
853 km or 530 mi	Baidoa	$745
870 km or 541 mi	Dhamar	$478
914 km or 568 mi	Sayyan	$476
914 km or 568 mi	Juba	$513
920 km or 572 mi	Sanaa	$532
989 km or 615 mi	Khartoum North	$803
995 km or 618 mi	Khartoum	$809
995 km or 618 mi	Gulu	$591
1005 km or 625 mi	Meru	$543
1006 km or 625 mi	Omdurman	$834

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