Kabul vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$285	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$1966
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	93
😀 Quality of life	13	83
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.86M

The cost of living in Kabul is 66% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7801st and 2592nd ($599 vs $1780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Afghanistan and Poland, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 9123rd and 387th 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	$2.69	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$13474

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390