Kabul vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$3165
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$7625
🏠 One person rent	$276	$2019
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$3688
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$715
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$6398
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	29	99
😀 Quality of life	21	94
🏙️ Population	4.27M	3.9M

The cost of living in Kabul is 82% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 7972nd and 72nd ($567 vs $3165) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 60th in Afghanistan and the United States, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 2 months in Los Angeles. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Los Angeles ranked 5th in the United States, while ranked 8953rd and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Los Angeles

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	Kabul	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$22.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$101
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$8.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$1717
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$4161
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$3237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	6.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$7697
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$6904
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$87.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$4.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$5.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$4.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$3.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$4.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$64.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$2020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$31623

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862