Kabul vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$285	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$1865
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	92
😀 Quality of life	13	86
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.38M

The cost of living in Kabul is 64% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7801st and 3084th ($599 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Afghanistan and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 9123rd and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Prague

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	Kabul	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141