Kabul vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$1256
🏠 One person rent	$211	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$336
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$493
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	61
😀 Quality of life	26	63
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.42M

The cost of living in Kabul is 0.6% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8650th and 8662nd ($504 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd 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 1 months in Kharkiv. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 8929th and 5430th 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	$3.18	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$2841

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591