Kabul vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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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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$476
150 km or 93 mi Khost
$441
163 km or 101 mi Puli Khumri
$457
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$338
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$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
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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
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$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
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$401
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$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
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$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