Kabul vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$285	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$2228
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	65
😀 Quality of life	13	83
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.25M

The cost of living in Kabul is 60% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7801st and 3679th ($599 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 9123rd and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Sharjah

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	Kabul	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$5054

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507