Kabul vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$285	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$222
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	50
😀 Quality of life	13	48
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.57M

The cost of living in Kabul is 7% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7801st and 8203rd ($599 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 55th in Afghanistan and Iran, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 9123rd and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Shiraz

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	Kabul	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$2159

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705