Ahmedabad vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$166	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	57	30
😀 Quality of life	54	14
🏙️ Population	7.65M	4.27M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 5% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8848th and 8769th ($452 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 3rd in India and Afghanistan, respectively. Check India vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5984th and 9071st 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	$3.45	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$1356

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476