Kabul vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$285	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$1262
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	29	96
😀 Quality of life	13	74
🏙️ Population	4.27M	13M

The cost of living in Kabul is 44% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7801st and 5091st ($599 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 9123rd and 1280th 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	$2.69	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$11652

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541