Belgrade vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$717	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	30
😀 Quality of life	74	33
🏙️ Population	1.2M	4.27M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 192% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4408th and 8842nd ($1335 vs $458) 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 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 2116th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Belgrade	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$1486

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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