Kabul vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$285	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$2198
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	29	100
😀 Quality of life	13	79
🏙️ Population	4.27M	594K

The cost of living in Kabul is 43% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 7801st and 5234th ($599 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 362nd in Afghanistan and Japan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 9123rd and 584th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Kawaguchi

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	Kabul	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1103
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$830
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$95.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	1.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$6874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$4013
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$67.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$4.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$57.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$19.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$60.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$12607

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095