Kabul vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2562
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$5745
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1566
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$2350
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$224
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4370
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	94
😀 Quality of life	26	96
🏙️ Population	5.33M	2.14M

The cost of living in Kabul is 80% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 8650th and 791st ($504 vs $2562) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Afghanistan and Australia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 8929th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Perth

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	Kabul	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$80.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1736
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$1309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1980
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	5.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$6868
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$5243
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$9.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$5.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$25.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$70.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$2283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$17749

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1831
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2239
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1986
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2018
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1604
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2355
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1905
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$504
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$493
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$387
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$780
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1115
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1606
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$566
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1493
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$2065
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2179
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$416
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$358
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1896
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1813
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1933
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$386
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$450
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$428
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$437
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2543
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1834
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$499
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$500
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$402
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1913