Kabul vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$285	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$2834
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	29	98
😀 Quality of life	13	94
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.97M

The cost of living in Kabul is 70% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7801st and 1964th ($599 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Afghanistan and Austria, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 9123rd and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Vienna

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	Kabul	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$15069

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898