Kabul vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$285	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$819
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	8
😀 Quality of life	13	58
🏙️ Population	4.27M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kabul is 61% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7801st and 3466th ($599 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.5 months in Victoria. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 9123rd and 5469th 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	$2.69	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$8081

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482