Kabul vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$842
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$2134
🏠 One person rent	$211	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$747
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$50.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$308
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	47
😀 Quality of life	26	56
🏙️ Population	5.33M	2.96M

The cost of living in Kabul is 40% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 8650th and 6584th ($504 vs $842) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.4 months in Tashkent. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 8929th and 6238th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Tashkent

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	Kabul	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$603
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	23.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$1617
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$8.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$6.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$56.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$5.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$7.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$10369

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$759
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$599
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$587
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$576
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$622
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$583
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$610
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$645
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$568
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$572
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$669
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$688
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$549
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$704
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$488
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$535
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$471
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$497
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$555
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$773
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$570
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$646
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$500
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$439
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$789
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$500
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$468
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$636
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$601
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$470
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$518
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$514
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$899