Kabul vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$195	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$2284
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	30	93
😀 Quality of life	33	89
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kabul is 74% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8842nd and 2821st ($458 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd 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 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8609th and 277th 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	$2.45	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$15329

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284