Hargeisa vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hargeisa	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1632	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$221	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$337	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$345	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	11	30
😀 Quality of life	17	33
🏙️ Population	760K	4.27M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 52% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7132nd and 8842nd ($694 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Somalia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Hargeisa ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 9161st and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Kabul

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	Hargeisa	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.02	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.47	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.86	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.7	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.16%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3786	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8606	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.72	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.01	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.02	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.5	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.5	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.5	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$545	$1486

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$502
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1169
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1175
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$586
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$559
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$560
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$517
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$522
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$512
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1039
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$499
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$500
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$560
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$826
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$1031
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$724
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$500
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1016
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$498
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$802
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$499
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$715
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$533
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$860
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$500
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$911
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$971
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$903
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$918
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$549

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439