Glasgow vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Glasgow	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4959	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$2124	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3456	$146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	93	33
😀 Quality of life	94	26
🏙️ Population	626K	5.33M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 320% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 1708th and 8650th ($2114 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 2nd 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 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 39th and 8929th 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	$22.9	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.4	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1185	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1681	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$320	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.73%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4105	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3087	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.15	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.23	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.7	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.63	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$135	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$928	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21435	$1302

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1885
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1831
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1647
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1835
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1704
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1842
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1760
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1586
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1640
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1456
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1596
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1485
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1878
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2005
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2236
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1943
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1820
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1777
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1778
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1523
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1872
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1554
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1646
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1834
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1791
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1404

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