Edmonton vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edmonton	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1835	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4159	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$996	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$1618	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3432	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	64	33
😀 Quality of life	91	26
🏙️ Population	1.01M	5.33M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 264% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2656th and 8650th ($1835 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 2nd in Canada and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Canada vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Edmonton compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Edmonton ranked 7th best city to live in Canada vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 133rd and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Kabul

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	Edmonton	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.25	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$752	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1621	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1273	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.48%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2375	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.71	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.6	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$776	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9664	$1302

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1733
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1874
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2095
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1927
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1771
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1974
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1633
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1749
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1953
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2307
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1739
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2180
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2135
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2427
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2505
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1703
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1787
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2100
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2091
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2411
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2505
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2523
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2295
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2100

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469