Isfahan vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$211	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	30
😀 Quality of life	48	14
🏙️ Population	1.96M	4.27M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 10% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8454th and 8769th ($523 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd 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 0.5 months in Kabul. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6375th and 9071st 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	$3.39	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$1356

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476