Kabul vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4112
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	81
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	5.33M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kabul is 76% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 8650th and 1833rd ($504 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1452nd 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 2 months in San Antonio. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 8929th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kabul	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$19123

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093