Dongguan vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$263	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	69	30
😀 Quality of life	72	33
🏙️ Population	10.5M	4.27M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 45% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7341st and 8842nd ($662 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 3rd in China and Afghanistan, respectively. Check China vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 3389th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Kabul

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	Dongguan	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$1486

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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