Guangzhou vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guangzhou	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$774	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2226	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$352	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$830	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$79	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	97	30
😀 Quality of life	75	14
🏙️ Population	18.7M	4.27M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 63% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6548th and 8769th ($774 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 3rd in China and Afghanistan, respectively. Check China vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 1055th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Kabul

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	Guangzhou	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.42	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.14	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$655	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10125	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4029	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.6	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.18	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.72	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.58	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14511	$1356

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476