Belgrade vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$622	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	51	30
😀 Quality of life	71	14
🏙️ Population	1.2M	4.27M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 145% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4605th and 8769th ($1160 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Serbia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 2157th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Kabul

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	Belgrade	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$1356

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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