Kabul vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$2923
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	91
😀 Quality of life	14	92
🏙️ Population	4.27M	548K

The cost of living in Kabul is 77% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 8769th and 1662nd ($474 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 46th 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 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 9071st and 85th 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	$2.38	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681