Kabul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$211	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$928
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	48
😀 Quality of life	26	63
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kabul is 52% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8650th and 5192nd ($504 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 8929th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Kabul	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$5021

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873