Kabul vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$1972
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$4629
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1099
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1926
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$2041
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	33	91
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	5.33M	2.75M

The cost of living in Kabul is 74% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8650th and 2104th ($504 vs $1972) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Afghanistan and Italy, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1 months in Rome. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 8929th and 134th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Rome

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	Kabul	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$63.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$6.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$861
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1571
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$8628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$3484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$19.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$6.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$83.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$499
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$14156

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1179
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1779
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1707
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1512
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1425
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1417
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1400
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1683
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1367
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1128
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1166
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1173
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1322
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1474
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1421
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1316
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1212
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1383
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1473
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1296
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1217
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1215
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1395
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1240
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1407
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1346
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1429
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1385
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1645
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1048
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1480
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1570
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1413
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1305
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1476
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1201
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1431
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1685
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1330