Athens vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$633	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	29
😀 Quality of life	78	21
🏙️ Population	664K	4.27M

The cost of living in Athens is 127% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4210th and 7972nd ($1287 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 560th and 8953rd 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	$14.1	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$1370

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

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