Kabul vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$285	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$361
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	60
😀 Quality of life	13	56
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.42M

The cost of living in Kabul is 19% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7801st and 8657th ($599 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Afghanistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 9123rd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Kharkiv

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	Kabul	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$2513

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529