Kabul vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$2292
🏠 One person rent	$276	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$88.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$973
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	29	29
😀 Quality of life	21	46
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.17M

The cost of living in Kabul is 34% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7972nd and 6186th ($567 vs $857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Afghanistan and China, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.1 months in Maoming. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 8953rd and 6533rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Maoming

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	Kabul	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$332
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$40.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$7658
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$3744
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$20.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$5.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$5.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$6.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$71
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$18555

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$831
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$876
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$806
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$830
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$638
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$620
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$816
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$824
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$735
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$812
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$568
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$575
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1565
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$618
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$611
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$742
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$547
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$785
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$781
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$589
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$596
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2410
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$573
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$774
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$571
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$837
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$590
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$525
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$552
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$856
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$573
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$605
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$891
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1083