Kabul vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$2307
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	93
😀 Quality of life	25	89
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kabul is 75% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8823rd and 2387th ($473 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 8992nd and 285th 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	$2.79	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383