Changsha vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Changsha	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$582	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1619	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$222	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$494	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.1	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$793	$188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	95	29
😀 Quality of life	68	13
🏙️ Population	10M	4.27M

The cost of living in Changsha is 3% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7989th and 7801st ($582 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 378th and 1st in China and Afghanistan, respectively. Check China vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Changsha ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 3254th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Kabul

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	Changsha	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.87	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.2	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.75	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.4	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.9	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.2	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.05%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2141	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5614	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.23	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.72	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.25	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.61	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.64	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.15	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.1	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$318	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5672	$1452

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$603
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$595
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$601
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$611
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$584
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$594
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$600
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$623
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$570
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$611
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$592
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$611
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$497
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$566
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$612
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$612
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$552
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$590
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$614
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$663
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$628
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$618
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$610
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$605
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$573
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$746
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$580
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$646
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$676
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$521
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$692
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$599
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$674
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$626
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$705
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$646
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$575

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