Kabul vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$203	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$571
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	71
😀 Quality of life	14	64
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.95M

The cost of living in Kabul is 44% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8769th and 6262nd ($474 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 9071st and 4484th 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	$2.38	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$7184

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570