Adelaide vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	33
😀 Quality of life	93	25
🏙️ Population	1.39M	5.33M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 394% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1210th and 8823rd ($2338 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 3rd 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 73rd and 8992nd 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	$15.9	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$1540

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

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