Kabul vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$3146
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	30	99
😀 Quality of life	14	95
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.15M

The cost of living in Kabul is 79% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8769th and 1222nd ($474 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and France, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 9071st and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Paris

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	Kabul	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293