Cost of living comparison

 Libreville, Gabon
compared to
 Kabul, Afghanistan
Kabul vs. Libreville Cost of Living Summary
Kabul vs. Libreville Cost Breakdown

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

pay 70.2% less for restaurants

 
Libreville
Kabul
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $16.34
FCFA9,099
$2.63
AFN184
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$12.25
FCFA6,824
$7.31
AFN511
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.23
FCFA682
$0.38
AFN26

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pay 70.3% less for groceries

 
Libreville
Kabul
Bread
1 loaf
$1.42
FCFA789
$0.25
AFN17
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.40
FCFA1,896
$1.96
AFN137
Milk (1 gallon) $9.78
FCFA5,446
$3.05
AFN213

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pay 30.0% less for transportation

 
Libreville
Kabul
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.89
FCFA2,166
$3.96
AFN277
Monthly public transit pass $44.93
FCFA25,023
$8.93
AFN624
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,776.16
FCFA15,468,612
$7,079.28
AFN494,463

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pay 23.3% less for housing

 
Libreville
Kabul
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$68.08
FCFA37,913
$130.18
AFN9,092
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $844.18
FCFA470,124
$103.61
AFN7,236
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $490.17
FCFA272,976
$89.85
AFN6,276

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pay 76.3% less for childcare

 
Libreville
Kabul
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $118.46
FCFA65,969
$23.40
AFN1,635
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,310.15
FCFA2,957,235
$1,462.66
AFN102,162

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pay 0.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Libreville
Kabul
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.98
FCFA546
$2.93
AFN204
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.25
FCFA2,366
$1.27
AFN89
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.45
FCFA1,365
$2.63
AFN184

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pay 69.4% less for clothing

 
Libreville
Kabul
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$65.36
FCFA36,397
$10.97
AFN766
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$73.53
FCFA40,946
$16.03
AFN1,120
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$44.93
FCFA25,023
$23.77
AFN1,660

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: July 2025
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