Glasgow vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$120
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	93	33
😀 Quality of life	94	25
🏙️ Population	626K	5.33M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 348% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1712th and 8823rd ($2121 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 42nd and 8992nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Kabul

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	Glasgow	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$1540

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467