Adelaide vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	30
😀 Quality of life	94	33
🏙️ Population	1.39M	4.27M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 362% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1686th and 8842nd ($2117 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 65th and 8609th 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	$15.1	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$1486

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

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