Kabul vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$4075
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	84
😀 Quality of life	25	93
🏙️ Population	5.33M	633K

The cost of living in Kabul is 78% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8823rd and 1578th ($473 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th 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 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 8992nd and 50th 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	$2.79	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$18457

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792