Kabul vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$2769
🏠 One person rent	$276	$500
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$981
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$2205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	29	100
😀 Quality of life	21	80
🏙️ Population	4.27M	593K

The cost of living in Kabul is 46% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 7972nd and 4965th ($567 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 183rd 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 19th in Japan, while ranked 8953rd and 446th 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	$2.48	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$3.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	1.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$5296
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$3256
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$51.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$25.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$9.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$5.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$46
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$39.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$57.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$13821

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078