Brisbane vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	33
😀 Quality of life	97	26
🏙️ Population	2.71M	5.33M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 361% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1241st and 8650th ($2323 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 3rd and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Kabul

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	Brisbane	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$1302

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469