Kabul vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$195	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$2002
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	30	100
😀 Quality of life	33	81
🏙️ Population	4.27M	594K

The cost of living in Kabul is 55% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 8842nd and 5371st ($458 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 306th in Afghanistan and Japan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 8609th and 694th 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	$2.45	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$15648

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066