Adelaide vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Adelaide	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2246	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5047	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$1312	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$2094	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3574	$188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	29
😀 Quality of life	93	13
🏙️ Population	1.3M	4.27M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 275% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1267th and 7801st ($2246 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 64th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Kabul

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	Adelaide	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.1	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.69	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1399	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$994	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2312	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1617	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.4	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6896	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.32	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.22	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.42	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1344	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11389	$1452

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2013
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1816
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1397
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1357
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1795
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1822
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1892
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1757
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1717
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2397
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1758
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1876
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1746
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1799
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1800
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1805
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1829
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2393
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1900
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1815
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1500
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1748
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1674
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1798
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1532
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1732
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1997
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2472
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2265
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2801
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2286
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1833
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1289
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487