Kabul vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$4813
🏠 One person rent	$211	$1082
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$4366
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	84
😀 Quality of life	26	94
🏙️ Population	5.33M	633K

The cost of living in Kabul is 75% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8650th and 1987th ($504 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in Afghanistan and Germany, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 2.2 months in Stuttgart. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Stuttgart ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 8929th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Stuttgart

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	Kabul	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$83.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$6.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1057
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1925
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$7341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$4476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$3.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$4.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$6.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$58.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$97.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$801
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$18116

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1817
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1821
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1810
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1820
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1809
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1813
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1807
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1818
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1788
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1793
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1794
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1788
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1777
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1769
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1724
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1774
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1764
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1772
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1817
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1896
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1660
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1893
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1717
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1740
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1521
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1801
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1735
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1747
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1803
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1773
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1735
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1719
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1771
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1726
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1733