Kabul vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$203	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$903
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	30	82
😀 Quality of life	14	69
🏙️ Population	4.27M	15.4M

The cost of living in Kabul is 34% less expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 8769th and 6818th ($474 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Afghanistan and India, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 9071st and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Mumbai

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	Kabul	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$3007

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296