Athens vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$675	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	29
😀 Quality of life	78	13
🏙️ Population	643K	4.27M

The cost of living in Athens is 128% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4177th and 7801st ($1366 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st 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 0.3 months in Kabul. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 658th and 9123rd 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	$15.3	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$1452

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487