Kabul vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$3537
🏠 One person rent	$285	$941
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1683
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$1781
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	24
😀 Quality of life	13	78
🏙️ Population	4.27M	586K

The cost of living in Kabul is 61% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7801st and 3616th ($599 vs $1519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th in Afghanistan and Spain, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Malaga ranked 18th in Spain, while ranked 9123rd and 654th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Malaga

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	Kabul	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$3.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$761
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1968
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	3.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$6321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$6.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$5.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$8.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$14939

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429