Kabul vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$195	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$881
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	30	96
😀 Quality of life	33	73
🏙️ Population	4.27M	13.3M

The cost of living in Kabul is 68% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8842nd and 4141st ($458 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8609th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Moscow

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	Kabul	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772