Guangzhou vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guangzhou	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$758	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$809
🏠 One person rent	$322	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$570	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$267	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.1	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	97	47
😀 Quality of life	75	43
🏙️ Population	18.7M	1.97M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 127% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6838th and 9121st ($758 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 21st in China and Pakistan, respectively. Check China vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 2100th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Peshawar

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	Guangzhou	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.46	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.4	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9090	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3370	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.16	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.54	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.34	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.68	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$38.4	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14783	$2261

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684