Kabul vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$285	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$529
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	70
😀 Quality of life	13	64
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.95M

The cost of living in Kabul is 25% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 7801st and 6450th ($599 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 Kyiv. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 9123rd and 4556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Kyiv

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	Kabul	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.38
🥤 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	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$7166

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563