Dublin vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dublin	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2713	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6029	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$1808	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$3147	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3558	$175
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	95	29
😀 Quality of life	94	21
🏙️ Population	553K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dublin is 379% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 357th and 7972nd ($2713 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ireland and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Ireland vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Dublin compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 35th and 8953rd 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	$18.7	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.5	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1838	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3276	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2713	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7683	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5685	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.97	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.2	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.6	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.03	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.6	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.8	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$96	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.9	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1364	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10404	$1370

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2436
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2283
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2391
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1869
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1744
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1775
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1643
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2183
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1741
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1719
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1305
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1642
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1955
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2244
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1706
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1662
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1494
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1642
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1652
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1713
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1656
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1650
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1519
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2311
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1578
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1669
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1706
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1867
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1715
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1358
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1733
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1568
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1467
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1532
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1588

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484