Kabul vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$211	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$961
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	8
😀 Quality of life	26	49
🏙️ Population	5.33M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kabul is 69% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8650th and 3452nd ($504 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Afghanistan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8929th and 6808th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Victoria

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	Kabul	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$8750

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415