Hefei vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$205	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	93	30
😀 Quality of life	66	14
🏙️ Population	9.37M	4.27M

The cost of living in Hefei is 32% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7405th and 8769th ($625 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 3rd in China and Afghanistan, respectively. Check China vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 3963rd and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Kabul

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	Hefei	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$1356

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

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