Dublin vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	96	33
🏙️ Population	593K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dublin is 524% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 315th and 8842nd ($2858 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Ireland and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Ireland vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 21st and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Kabul

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	Dublin	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$1486

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2402
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2443
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2902
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1955
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2010
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1912
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1879
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2359
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1884
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2205
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1484
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1703
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2159
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2768
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1712
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1551
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1655
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1815
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1804
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1937
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1832
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1813
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1682
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2472
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1729
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2023
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1802
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1680
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1873
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1883
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1840
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1652
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1839
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1723

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