Kabul vs Vaduz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Vaduz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$2541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$5949
🏠 One person rent	$195	$1259
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$2188
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$920
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$8230
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	30	28
😀 Quality of life	33	71
🏙️ Population	4.27M	5.67K

The cost of living in Kabul is 82% less expensive than in Vaduz. Cities ranked 8842nd and 805th ($458 vs $2541) 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 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 3.2 months in Vaduz. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Vaduz ranked 2nd in Liechtenstein, while ranked 8609th and 3536th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kabul	Vaduz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$31.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$88.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$19.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$6.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$4.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$993
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$2286
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$245
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$58.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	7.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$16882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$7076
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$28.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$3.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$9.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$26.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$50.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$4.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$4.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$4.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$4.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$19.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$8.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$4.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$99.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$47.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$180
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$375
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$17420

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Vaduz

Distance	City	Cost of living
3 km or 1.9 mi	Schaan	$2443
12 km or 7.7 mi	Feldkirch	$2108
32 km or 20 mi	Chur	$2846
33 km or 21 mi	St. Gallen	$2694
34 km or 21 mi	Lustenau	$1944
35 km or 22 mi	Dornbirn	$2029
44 km or 27 mi	Bregenz	$1830
47 km or 29 mi	Lindau	$1719
51 km or 32 mi	Wil	$2650
53 km or 33 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3169
57 km or 36 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1839
59 km or 36 mi	Wetzikon	$3180
62 km or 38 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2924
64 km or 40 mi	Konstanz	$1887
65 km or 40 mi	Uster	$3249
65 km or 40 mi	Wadenswil	$3225
65 km or 40 mi	Wangen im Allgau	$1873
66 km or 41 mi	Frauenfeld	$2747
71 km or 44 mi	Sonthofen	$1730
71 km or 44 mi	Horgen	$3282
72 km or 45 mi	Ravensburg	$1880
72 km or 45 mi	Winterthur	$3207
74 km or 46 mi	Dubendorf	$3276
75 km or 46 mi	Weingarten	$1829
75 km or 47 mi	Uberlingen	$1810
76 km or 47 mi	Baar	$3381
76 km or 47 mi	Zug	$3836
78 km or 49 mi	Radolfzell	$1766
79 km or 49 mi	Zurich	$3691
83 km or 52 mi	Altstetten	$3392
85 km or 53 mi	Leutkirch im Allgau	$1817
85 km or 53 mi	Bulach	$3153
86 km or 54 mi	Singen	$1705
89 km or 55 mi	Bad Waldsee	$1836
89 km or 55 mi	Kempten	$1706
89 km or 56 mi	Dietikon	$3239
91 km or 57 mi	Schaffhausen	$2699
93 km or 58 mi	Lucerne	$3231
93 km or 58 mi	Emmen	$3197
95 km or 59 mi	Kriens	$3175