Changhua vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Changhua	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$914	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$365	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.1	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1621	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	83	30
😀 Quality of life	67	33
🏙️ Population	225K	4.27M

The cost of living in Changhua is 100% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6149th and 8842nd ($914 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 3rd in Taiwan and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Changhua compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Changhua ranked 13th best city to live in Taiwan vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 4895th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changhua vs Kabul

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	Changhua	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.95	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.2	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$340	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$626	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$486	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.3	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.6	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.24%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7369	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7132	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.46	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.7	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.4	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.44	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.94	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.55	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.4	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.1	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.7	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$416	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18881	$1486

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Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$1006
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$894
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$894
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$695
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$914
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$993
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$868
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$942
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$894
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1135
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$802
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1313
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$854
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$1030
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$615
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$634
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$621
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$901
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$707
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$628
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$628
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$671
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$697
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$616
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$589
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$454
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$700
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$451
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$753
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$669
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$579
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$600
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$677
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$696
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$666
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$650

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439