Changsha vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$824
🏠 One person rent	$190	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	95	48
😀 Quality of life	68	40
🏙️ Population	10M	1.97M

The cost of living in Changsha is 67% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7932nd and 9093rd ($577 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 20th in China and Pakistan, respectively. Check China vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 3100th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Peshawar

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	Changsha	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$518

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596