Edinburgh vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	88	30
😀 Quality of life	94	14
🏙️ Population	488K	4.27M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 351% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1491st and 8769th ($2140 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th 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 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 34th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Kabul

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	Edinburgh	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$1356

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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