Al Ain vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	38	30
😀 Quality of life	75	14
🏙️ Population	767K	4.27M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 289% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2271st and 8769th ($1844 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 1000th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$1356

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573

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