Kabul vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$3141
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	30	86
😀 Quality of life	14	93
🏙️ Population	4.27M	2.79M

The cost of living in Kabul is 81% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 8769th and 861st ($474 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Afghanistan and Canada, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 9071st and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Toronto

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	Kabul	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095