Kabul vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$3694
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	26	94
🏙️ Population	5.33M	2.1M

The cost of living in Kabul is 80% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8650th and 964th ($504 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.5 months in Paris. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 8929th and 34th 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	$3.18	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506