Kabul vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2348
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$5497
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1452
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$2508
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$3236
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	90
😀 Quality of life	26	92
🏙️ Population	5.33M	548K

The cost of living in Kabul is 79% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 8650th and 1193rd ($504 vs $2348) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 30th in Afghanistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Manchester ranked 12th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8929th and 84th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Manchester

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	Kabul	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$20.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$93.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$7.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$1133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2982
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1988
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$280
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$4975
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$4650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$8.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$23.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$9.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$90.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$96.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$1414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$20557

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2043
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1975
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2025
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1993
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1689
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1784
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1987
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2022
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1742
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1832
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1682
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1885
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1890
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1501
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1961
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1827
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1694
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1733
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1774
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1847
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1808
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1853
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1559
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1942
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1948
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2035
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1860
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1831