Al Ain vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Al Ain	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$560	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1195	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$317	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.7	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3674	$188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	37	29
😀 Quality of life	79	13
🏙️ Population	767K	4.27M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 75% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5284th and 7801st ($1050 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Al Ain compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 600th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.15	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$460	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.9	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.73%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.1	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.68	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.18	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.7	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$665	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6250	$1452

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1232
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2309
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1503
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2084
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$786
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$994
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1110
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1810
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1719
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$687
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$561
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1218
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1267
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$556
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$520
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$639
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$531
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$870
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$989
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$878
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$467
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$546
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$548
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$541
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$537
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$831
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$806
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$489
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$577

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