Ahmedabad vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ahmedabad	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1162	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$222	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$366	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.5	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$175
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	56	29
😀 Quality of life	56	21
🏙️ Population	7.65M	4.27M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 11% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8477th and 7972nd ($505 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in India and Afghanistan, respectively. Check India vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Ahmedabad ranked 17th best city to live in India vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5867th and 8953rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Kabul

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	Ahmedabad	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.02	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.4	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.25	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.59	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$284	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.4	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.6	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.43	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.94%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1344	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$729	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.79	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.25	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.13	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.18	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.9	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.3	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1882	$1370

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$396
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$377
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$399
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$385
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$353
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$338
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$809
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$301
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$323
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$308
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$336
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$281
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$338
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$390
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$345
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$358
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$377
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$359
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$360
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$315
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$370
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$391
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$482
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$336
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$457
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$379
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$706
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$334
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$297
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$510
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$375
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$316
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$392
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$292
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$291
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$375

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484