Kabul vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$285	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$501
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	45
😀 Quality of life	13	54
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.96M

The cost of living in Kabul is 27% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 7801st and 6377th ($599 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.6 months in Tashkent. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 9123rd and 5908th 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	$2.69	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$9093

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838