Ganzhou vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ganzhou	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$761	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1990	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$352	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$593	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.6	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$922	$261
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	44 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	27	69
😀 Quality of life	43	49
🏙️ Population	8.97M	1.01M

The cost of living in Ganzhou is 72% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 6620th and 8870th ($761 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 37th and 2nd in China and Pakistan, respectively. Check China vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Ganzhou compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Ganzhou ranked 148th best city to live in China vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 6697th and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ganzhou vs Islamabad

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	Ganzhou	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.96	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.81	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$404	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$486	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.5	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6871	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.3	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.19	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.82	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.36	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.54	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.4	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.9	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.8	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$414	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17058	$2961

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Cities near Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$600
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$724
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$655
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$564
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$649
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$590
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$577
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$764
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$590
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$603
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$585
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$755
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$443
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$451
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$582
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$601
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$581
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$577
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$506
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$656
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$630
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$609
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$936
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$774
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$688
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$579
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$570
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$601
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$823
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$916

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369