Kabul vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$195	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$434
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	61
😀 Quality of life	33	63
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.42M

The cost of living in Kabul is 10% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8842nd and 8604th ($458 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 22nd in Afghanistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8609th and 5547th 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	$2.45	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$3156

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586