Kabul vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1122
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$2575
🏠 One person rent	$200	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$668
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$217
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	33	57
😀 Quality of life	25	31
🏙️ Population	5.33M	43.9K

The cost of living in Kabul is 58% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 8823rd and 4985th ($473 vs $1122) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Afghanistan and Palestine, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Ramallah ranked 8th in Palestine, while ranked 8992nd and 8803rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Ramallah

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	Kabul	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.79	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$44.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$9.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$464
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$68.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$36.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$1204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$1024
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$4.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$9.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$8.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$4.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$67.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$9.95
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$92.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$4719

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1821
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2154
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2346
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2260
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$978
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2066
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$895
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2449
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2031
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2274
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2172
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$3089
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2207
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1062
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$546
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2136
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1761