Hangzhou vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hangzhou	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2298	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$375	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.8	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$882	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	91	30
😀 Quality of life	72	33
🏙️ Population	11.9M	4.27M

The cost of living in Hangzhou is 80% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6563rd and 8842nd ($826 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th 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 Hangzhou compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Hangzhou ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 2980th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hangzhou vs Kabul

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	Hangzhou	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.7	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.06	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$483	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$855	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$498	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.6	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.69%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7830	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4289	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.17	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.84	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.35	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.15	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$72.4	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.64	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.2	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28925	$1486

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Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753

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