Kabul vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$1437
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$3392
🏠 One person rent	$195	$754
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$1279
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$115
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$1950
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	30	38
😀 Quality of life	33	80
🏙️ Population	4.27M	767K

The cost of living in Kabul is 68% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 8842nd and 4147th ($458 vs $1437) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Afghanistan and Croatia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Zagreb. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 8609th and 742nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Zagreb

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	Kabul	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$12.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$743
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$991
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$125
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$191
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$5609
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$3578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$55.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$8.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$8.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$8.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$96.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$12234

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1199
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1033
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1195
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1340
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1236
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1383
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1044
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$817
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$665
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$685
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1640
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$617
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1316
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1422
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1416
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1685
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$920
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$802
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1683
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1600
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$823
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1081
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1033
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1386
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1398
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1756
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1377
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1378
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$858
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1322
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$669
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$973
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1415
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1072
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1052
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$890