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Kabul vs. Bridgetown Cost of Living Summary

Kabul vs. Bridgetown Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kabul instead of Bridgetown, you would:

pay 75.5% less for restaurants

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $20.00
BBD40.00
$2.66
AFN167
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.25
BBD18.50
$4.43
AFN279
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.50
BBD3.00
$0.36
AFN22

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pay 82.5% less for groceries

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Bread
1 loaf
$3.38
BBD6.75
$0.21
AFN13
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $1.93
AFN122
Milk (1 gallon) $14.67
BBD29.34
$2.94
AFN185

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pay 63.8% less for transportation

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.93
BBD15.85
$3.72
AFN234
Monthly public transit pass $26.00
BBD52.00
$10.34
AFN651
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $37,500.00
BBD75,000.00
$8,122.57
AFN512K

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pay 42.3% less for housing

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$55.83
BBD111.67
$93.04
AFN5,862
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $687.94
BBD1,375.87
$87.13
AFN5,489
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $587.50
BBD1,175.00
$59.07
AFN3,722

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pay 85.0% less for childcare

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $262.50
BBD525.00
$18.90
AFN1,191
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,500.00
BBD13,000.00
$1,476.83
AFN93,040

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pay 63.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.50
BBD5.00
$2.36
AFN149
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.87
BBD9.74
$1.06
AFN67
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.00
BBD16.00
$2.66
AFN167

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pay 71.8% less for clothing

 
Bridgetown
Kabul
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$61.25
BBD122.50
$9.60
AFN605
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$43.33
BBD86.67
$17.72
AFN1,116
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$108.33
BBD216.67
$33.97
AFN2,140

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