Kabul vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$3154
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$7508
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$3422
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$796
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$6532
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	80
😀 Quality of life	25	95
🏙️ Population	5.33M	737K

The cost of living in Kabul is 85% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8823rd and 142nd ($473 vs $3154) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 101st 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 5th in the United States, while ranked 8992nd and 32nd 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	$2.79	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$96.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$14.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$7.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$6.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$2110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$1647
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$3872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2891
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$262
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$72.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$7394
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$5077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$4.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$4.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$6.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$20.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$6.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$3.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$17.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$3.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$6.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$83.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$69.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$2521
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$28950

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3292
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$3041
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2681
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2717
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2778
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2604
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3559
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2702
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2737
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2915
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2739
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2677
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2475
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2814
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2656
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2325
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2641
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2519
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2720
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2828
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2582
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2628
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2362
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2584
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2558
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2710
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2747
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2173