Kabul vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$3476
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	30	83
😀 Quality of life	14	93
🏙️ Population	4.27M	633K

The cost of living in Kabul is 76% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8769th and 1961st ($474 vs $1957) 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 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 9071st and 63rd 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	$2.38	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$15338

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581