Cost of living comparison
Tirana is 3.1 times more expensive than Kabul.
If you lived in Tirana instead of Kabul, you would:
pay 3.9 times more for restaurants
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.74
AFN126
|
$6.82
ALL636
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$3.49
AFN252
|
$6.82
ALL636
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.31
AFN22
|
$1.57
ALL147
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.17
AFN12
|
$0.78
ALL73
|
|
pay 2.6 times more for groceries
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.28
AFN20
|
$0.88
ALL82
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.71
AFN123
|
$4.26
ALL397
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.38
AFN172
|
$6.34
ALL591
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.22
AFN88
|
$3.31
ALL309
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.13
AFN82
|
$3.10
ALL289
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.30
AFN22
|
$0.51
ALL48
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.42
AFN30
|
$0.91
ALL84
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
AFN41
|
$0.65
ALL61
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.19
AFN14
|
$0.64
ALL60
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.14
AFN10
|
$0.40
ALL38
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.12
AFN8
|
$0.40
ALL37
|
|
pay 2.9 times more for transportation
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.41
AFN246
|
$8.27
ALL771
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$10.46
AFN755
|
$15.60
ALL1,454
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$6,973.68
AFN503,028
|
$20,815.16
ALL1,940,961
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.81
AFN419
|
$26.32
ALL2,454
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for housing
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$610.20
AFN44,015
|
$16.74
ALL1,561
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$97.47
AFN7,031
|
$496.12
ALL46,262
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$68.91
AFN4,970
|
$320.47
ALL29,883
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$23.69
AFN1,709
|
$72.54
ALL6,764
|
|
pay 4.6 times more for childcare
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$30.03
AFN2,166
|
$203.42
ALL18,968
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,534.21
AFN110,666
|
$3,770.26
ALL351,567
|
|
pay 97.7% more for entertainment and sports
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.32
AFN168
|
$1.95
ALL182
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.16
AFN84
|
$1.51
ALL141
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.92
AFN138
|
$3.41
ALL318
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$12.59
AFN908
|
$40.37
ALL3,764
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$2.62
AFN189
|
$7.21
ALL673
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for clothing
Kabul
|
Tirana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$16.66
AFN1,202
|
$52.10
ALL4,858
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$15.85
AFN1,143
|
$38.16
ALL3,558
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$31.38
AFN2,264
|
$83.51
ALL7,787
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$33.90
AFN2,445
|
$96.12
ALL8,963
|
|
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