Bristol vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	91	30
😀 Quality of life	88	14
🏙️ Population	472K	4.27M

The cost of living in Bristol is 389% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1113th and 8769th ($2321 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 236th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Kabul

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	Bristol	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$1356

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2043
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1717
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1889
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1852
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$1940
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1818
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1623
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$1924
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1594
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1525
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1814
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1902
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$1950
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1984
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1569
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1704
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1691
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2312
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$1929
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$1991
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1653
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2494
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$1998
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2020
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2039
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1608
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$1988
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1868
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1693
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1686
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2264
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1679

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476