Kabul vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$195	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$4361
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	30	52
😀 Quality of life	33	91
🏙️ Population	4.27M	140K

The cost of living in Kabul is 86% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 8842nd and 88th ($458 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Iceland, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 8609th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Reykjavik

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	Kabul	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242