Brisbane vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	33
😀 Quality of life	98	25
🏙️ Population	2.71M	5.33M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 380% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1349th and 8823rd ($2269 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd 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 8992nd 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	$15.5	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$1540

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467