Kabul vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$203	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1684
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	30	95
😀 Quality of life	14	86
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.6M

The cost of living in Kabul is 60% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8769th and 4534th ($474 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 9071st and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Taipei

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	Kabul	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581