Kabul vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$3974
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	25	96
🏙️ Population	5.33M	2.11M

The cost of living in Kabul is 81% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8823rd and 916th ($473 vs $2480) 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 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 8992nd and 14th 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	$2.79	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$17184

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544