Kabul vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$203	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$692
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	54
😀 Quality of life	14	60
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.26M

The cost of living in Kabul is 35% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8769th and 6742nd ($474 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 21st in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 9071st and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Kazan

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	Kabul	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867