Kabul vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$195	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$235
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	49
😀 Quality of life	33	56
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.57M

The cost of living in Kabul is 17% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8842nd and 8247th ($458 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 41st in Afghanistan and Iran, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 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 8609th and 6229th 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	$2.45	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719