Kabul vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$203	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1906
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	94
😀 Quality of life	14	83
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.86M

The cost of living in Kabul is 70% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 8769th and 3022nd ($474 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Afghanistan and Poland, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 9071st and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Warsaw

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	Kabul	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$13608

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385