Kabul vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$2366
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	93
😀 Quality of life	26	89
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kabul is 73% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8650th and 2377th ($504 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.2 months in Prague. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8929th and 244th 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	$3.18	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$19039

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340