Kabul vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1002
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$2658
🏠 One person rent	$195	$370
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$420
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$80.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$1313
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	80
😀 Quality of life	33	85
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.73M

The cost of living in Kabul is 54% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 8842nd and 5567th ($458 vs $1002) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Afghanistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 8609th and 461st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Kaohsiung

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	Kabul	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$3.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$47.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$28.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	2.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$4822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$3194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$14.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$3.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$8.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$7.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$9.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$71.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$12260

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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

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600