Kabul vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$3162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$7446
🏠 One person rent	$195	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$3407
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$810
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$6556
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	80
😀 Quality of life	33	93
🏙️ Population	4.27M	737K

The cost of living in Kabul is 86% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8842nd and 125th ($458 vs $3162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 92nd 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 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 2.1 months in Seattle. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Seattle ranked 27th in the United States, while ranked 8609th and 99th 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	$2.45	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$2119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$1641
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$3861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$2873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$76
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$6864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$5184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$4.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$7.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$6.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$5.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$5.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$74.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$148
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$2178
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$29883

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3313
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2907
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2644
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2652
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2723
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2552
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3269
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2674
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2745
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2730
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2812
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2669
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2741
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2641
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2525
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2796
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2523
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2295
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2649
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2461
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2702
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2782
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2473
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2384
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2632
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2551
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2644
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2749
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2114