Bratislava vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$854	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$104
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	30
😀 Quality of life	82	33
🏙️ Population	479K	4.27M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 227% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 3966th and 8842nd ($1497 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Slovakia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 595th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Kabul

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	Bratislava	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$1486

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1311
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2132
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1976
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$861
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1052
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1148
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$985
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1176
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1229
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1148
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$823
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1257
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$946
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1233
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$943
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1570
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1282
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$973
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1237
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1182
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1155
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1056
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1097
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1070
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1346
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$936

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