Kabul vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$276	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$1671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	92
😀 Quality of life	21	85
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.36M

The cost of living in Kabul is 63% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7972nd and 3308th ($567 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Afghanistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8953rd and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Prague

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	Kabul	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$11372

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002