Kabul vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$195	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$3535
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	30	98
😀 Quality of life	33	95
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.97M

The cost of living in Kabul is 79% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8842nd and 1640th ($458 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Austria, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 8609th and 39th 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	$2.45	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946