Kabul vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$2219
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$276	$1382
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$2287
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$3866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	81
😀 Quality of life	21	90
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kabul is 74% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 7972nd and 1242nd ($567 vs $2219) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1113th in Afghanistan and the United States, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.7 months in San Antonio. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs San Antonio ranked 25th in the United States, while ranked 8953rd and 137th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kabul	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$66.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$1467
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$1106
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$2477
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1891
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$73.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$7160
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$3053
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$55.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$2.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$7.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$6.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$3.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$1445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$19044

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2146
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2175
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2146
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2093
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2150
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2186
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2590
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2191
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2190
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2179
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2095
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2146
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2013
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1989
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1902
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1979
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$710
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1560
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2066
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1789
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1931
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1842
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$789
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$595
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1925
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1829
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2136
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2071
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2148
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2128
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$1972
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2080
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2737
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2221
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2126
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1801
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2118
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2108