Kabul vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$203	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$2064
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	30	100
😀 Quality of life	14	78
🏙️ Population	4.27M	594K

The cost of living in Kabul is 56% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 8769th and 4951st ($474 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 211th in Afghanistan and Japan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 9071st and 653rd 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	$2.38	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$14573

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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

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124