Kabul vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$538
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$285	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$228
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	46
😀 Quality of life	13	50
🏙️ Population	4.27M	3M

The cost of living in Kabul is 11% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 7801st and 8365th ($599 vs $538) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st in Afghanistan and Iran, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 9123rd and 6193rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Mashhad

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	Kabul	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$35.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$395
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$8.61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$13.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$17.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	20.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$2.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$0.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$1.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$612

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$517
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$511
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$515
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1583
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1616
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$458
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1531
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1578
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$553
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$603
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$689
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$450
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$607
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$452
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$670
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$548
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$435
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$468
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$550
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$487
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$394
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$577
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$675
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$467
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$673
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$693
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$722
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$720
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$797