Isfahan vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Isfahan	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1279	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$206	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$364	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$164	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	65	30
😀 Quality of life	55	33
🏙️ Population	1.96M	4.27M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 9% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8682nd and 8842nd ($501 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 69th and 3rd in Iran and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Iran vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6324th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Kabul

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	Isfahan	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.99	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$0.75	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.15	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.52	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.93%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1116	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$610	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.92	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.98	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.88	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.5	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.09	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.7	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$1486

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$476
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$470
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$515
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$459
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$463
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$538
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$508
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$483
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$545
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$530
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$503
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$588
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$494
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$566
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$607
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$560
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$604
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$571
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$611
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$457
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$540
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$530
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$622
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$503
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$635
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$684
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$641
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$598
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$637
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$638
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$553
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$640

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