Athens vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$710	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$104
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	30
😀 Quality of life	82	33
🏙️ Population	643K	4.27M

The cost of living in Athens is 214% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4155th and 8842nd ($1436 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 611th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Kabul

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	Athens	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$1486

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1291
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1192
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1177
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1415
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1477
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1127
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1055
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1224
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1026
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$930
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2056
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1101
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1111
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1162
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$976
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1254
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1149
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1112
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1835
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1092
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1067
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1245
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1174
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1046
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1040
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1045
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$770
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$973
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1303

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