Kabul vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1091
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$2655
🏠 One person rent	$285	$694
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1335
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$638
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	29	1
😀 Quality of life	13	26
🏙️ Population	4.27M	74.7K

The cost of living in Kabul is 45% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 7801st and 4999th ($599 vs $1091) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Afghanistan and Comoros, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 9123rd and 8483rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Moroni

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	Kabul	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$1.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$641
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1369
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1108
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$67.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$72.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1526
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1320
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$8.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$4.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$6.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$13831

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1093
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1500
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1394
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$1190
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$736
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$675
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$639
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$601
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$516
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$519
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$560
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$498
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$500
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$670
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$457
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$515
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$591
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$502
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$534
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$564
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$574
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$433
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$548
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$834
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$543
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1000
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$403
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$482
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1079
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$953
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$745
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$571
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$662
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$535
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$810