Kabul vs Vaduz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Vaduz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$6070
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1263
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$2491
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$899
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$6224
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	30	29
😀 Quality of life	14	80
🏙️ Population	4.27M	5.67K

The cost of living in Kabul is 81% less expensive than in Vaduz. Cities ranked 8769th and 791st ($474 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Liechtenstein, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Liechtenstein comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 2.5 months in Vaduz. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Vaduz ranked 1st in Liechtenstein, while ranked 9071st and 535th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Vaduz

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	Kabul	Vaduz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$33.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$16.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$6.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$5.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$3.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$1064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$2640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$2138
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$65.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	7.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$15241
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$4760
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$82.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$46.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$3.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$9.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$25.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$22.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$50
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$3.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$5.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$6.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$74.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$22.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$42
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$116
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$160
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$8122

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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 Vaduz

Distance	City	Cost of living
3 km or 1.9 mi	Schaan	$2352
12 km or 7.7 mi	Feldkirch	$1818
32 km or 20 mi	Chur	$2344
33 km or 21 mi	St. Gallen	$2464
34 km or 21 mi	Lustenau	$1641
35 km or 22 mi	Dornbirn	$1660
44 km or 27 mi	Bregenz	$1690
47 km or 29 mi	Lindau	$1561
51 km or 32 mi	Wil	$2262
53 km or 33 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861
57 km or 36 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1656
59 km or 36 mi	Wetzikon	$2893
62 km or 38 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2614
64 km or 40 mi	Konstanz	$1731
65 km or 40 mi	Uster	$2974
65 km or 40 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
65 km or 40 mi	Wangen im Allgau	$1732
66 km or 41 mi	Frauenfeld	$2379
71 km or 44 mi	Sonthofen	$1560
71 km or 44 mi	Horgen	$2976
72 km or 45 mi	Ravensburg	$1795
72 km or 45 mi	Winterthur	$3032
74 km or 46 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
75 km or 46 mi	Weingarten	$1731
75 km or 47 mi	Uberlingen	$1641
76 km or 47 mi	Baar	$3099
76 km or 47 mi	Zug	$3426
78 km or 49 mi	Radolfzell	$1609
79 km or 49 mi	Zurich	$3296
83 km or 52 mi	Altstetten	$3037
85 km or 53 mi	Leutkirch im Allgau	$1668
85 km or 53 mi	Bulach	$2873
86 km or 54 mi	Singen	$1555
89 km or 55 mi	Bad Waldsee	$1688
89 km or 55 mi	Kempten	$1502
89 km or 56 mi	Dietikon	$2934
91 km or 57 mi	Schaffhausen	$2419
93 km or 58 mi	Lucerne	$2931
93 km or 58 mi	Emmen	$2897
95 km or 59 mi	Kriens	$2891