Chengdu vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chengdu	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$824
🏠 One person rent	$240	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	48
😀 Quality of life	72	40
🏙️ Population	20.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 80% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7421st and 9093rd ($623 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 164th 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 Chengdu compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Chengdu ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 1890th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Peshawar

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	Chengdu	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.5	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.34%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3812	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2020	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$305	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11550	$518

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574

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