Kabul vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$195	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$549
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	30	61
😀 Quality of life	33	69
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2M

The cost of living in Kabul is 38% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6924th ($458 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Belarus, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 8609th and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Minsk

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	Kabul	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$11271

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879