Kabul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$195	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$721
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	46
😀 Quality of life	33	60
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.2M

The cost of living in Kabul is 48% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6322nd ($458 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 8609th and 5937th 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	$2.45	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758