Kabul vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$203	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$444
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	30	40
😀 Quality of life	14	48
🏙️ Population	4.27M	5.94M

The cost of living in Kabul is 38% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 8769th and 6559th ($474 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and India, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 9071st and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Surat

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	Kabul	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340