Belgrade vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Belgrade	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1172	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2936	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$607	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1179	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$369	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.2	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$822	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	29
😀 Quality of life	70	21
🏙️ Population	1.38M	4.27M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 107% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4511th and 7972nd ($1172 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Serbia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Belgrade compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 2979th and 8953rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Belgrade	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.47	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.8	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.25	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$728	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.3	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.99%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4043	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2463	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.62	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.71	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.47	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.57	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.2	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$315	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7519	$1370

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$967
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$585
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$733
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$681
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$807
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$673
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$645
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$737
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$767
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$849
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$678
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$713
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$764
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$604
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$704
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$719
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$742
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$690
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$661
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$663
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$545
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$664
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$722
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$755
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$702
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$835
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1028
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$648
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$706
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$691
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1004
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$742
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$675
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$672
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$806
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$736
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$777

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