Kabul vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$203	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$616
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	49
😀 Quality of life	14	58
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.63M

The cost of living in Kabul is 32% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 8769th and 6907th ($474 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 26th in Afghanistan and Russia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 9071st and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Novosibirsk

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	Kabul	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648