Kabul vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$200	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$459
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	61
😀 Quality of life	25	63
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.42M

The cost of living in Kabul is 5% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8823rd and 8722nd ($473 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 24th 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 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 8992nd and 5605th 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	$2.79	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$2953

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562