Kabul vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$285	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$1661
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	95
😀 Quality of life	13	87
🏙️ Population	4.27M	4.04M

The cost of living in Kabul is 44% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7801st and 5212th ($599 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Afghanistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 9123rd and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs New Taipei

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	Kabul	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.85
🥤 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	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605