Bangui vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$225	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$104
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	30
😀 Quality of life	8	33
🏙️ Population	889K	4.27M

The cost of living in Bangui is 15% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8489th and 8842nd ($526 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the Central African Republic and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 9279th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Kabul

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	Bangui	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$1486

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$808
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$494
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$496
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$836
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$858
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$505
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$671
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$621
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$596
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$536
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$957
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$644
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$793
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$543
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$698
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1363
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$849
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1241
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$879
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$618
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$595
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$665
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$755
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$928
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$538
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1413
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$508
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$505
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$555
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$536
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$960
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$708
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$520
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$536
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$397
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864

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