Kabul vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$195	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$809
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	54
😀 Quality of life	33	65
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.33M

The cost of living in Kabul is 47% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6377th ($458 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 16th in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 8609th and 5213th 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	$2.45	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$14288

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917