Kabul vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$195	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$2246
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	30	66
😀 Quality of life	33	88
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.25M

The cost of living in Kabul is 68% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8842nd and 4204th ($458 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th 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 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8609th and 312th 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	$2.45	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483