Kabul vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: November 06, 2023

	Kabul	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$517	$2367
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5511
🏠 One person rent	$260	$1334
🏘️ Family rent	$370	$2155
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$566
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.5	$315
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$282	$3568
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	30	100
😀 Quality of life	24	98
🏙️ Population	4.27M	4.53M

The cost of living in Kabul is 78% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 8295th and 850th ($517 vs $2367) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Afghanistan and Australia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.5 months in Melbourne. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Melbourne ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 8855th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Melbourne

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	Kabul	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.37	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$9.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.37	$8.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.9	$1112
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$2575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$174	$1758
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.2	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64	$181
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$53.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.97%	6.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$500	$8513
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$276	$7623
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.2	$126
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.34	$4.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$9.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$4.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.26	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.3	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$27.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.93	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$3.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.9	$55.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.29	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$56
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.57	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$28	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$24.8	$1726
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1386	$19956

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$439
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$391
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$448
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$423
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$354
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$300
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$437
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$288
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$298
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$462
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$277
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$376
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$592
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$313
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$438
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$327
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$592
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$603
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$306
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$284
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$457
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$322
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$274
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$253
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$291
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$282
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$290
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$229
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$391
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$310
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$302
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$253
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$258
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$318
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$326
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$248
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1759
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1545
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1539
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1636
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1702
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1649
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1823
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1688
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1726
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1714
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1652
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1624
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1315
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1672
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1391
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1494
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1371
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1361
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1470
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1569
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1439
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2321
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1451
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1662
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$1663
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1503
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1508
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1524
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2168
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1592
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1524
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$1950
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1751
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2623
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$1897
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1755
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1886
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1739
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1661
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1453