Kabul vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$3183
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$7493
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1996
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$3450
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$789
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$6618
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	80
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	5.33M	737K

The cost of living in Kabul is 84% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8650th and 126th ($504 vs $3183) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 94th 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 2.1 months in Seattle. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Seattle ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 8929th and 147th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Seattle

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	Kabul	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$20.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$92.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$7.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$6.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$2109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$1647
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$3900
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2895
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	6.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$7971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$5180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$18.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$5.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$5.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$6.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$3.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$13.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$5.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$81.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$167
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$28.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$2124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$30033

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2843
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$3012
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2648
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2678
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2827
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2782
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2621
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3602
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2749
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2783
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2734
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2884
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2797
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2637
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2736
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2479
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2714
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2542
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2617
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2709
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2342
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2727
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2429
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2722
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2822
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2670
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2576
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2661
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2378
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2616
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2592
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2690
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2773
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2475
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2580
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2765
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2098