Kabul vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$195	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$3556
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	30	83
😀 Quality of life	33	93
🏙️ Population	4.27M	633K

The cost of living in Kabul is 79% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8842nd and 1455th ($458 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Afghanistan and Germany, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 8609th and 93rd 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	$2.45	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763