Birmingham vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	95	30
😀 Quality of life	95	33
🏙️ Population	1.14M	4.27M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 367% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1622nd and 8842nd ($2137 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 48th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Kabul

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	Birmingham	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$1486

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

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