Kabul vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$195	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$976
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	30	29
😀 Quality of life	33	49
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.17M

The cost of living in Kabul is 41% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6772nd ($458 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 30th in Afghanistan and China, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 8609th and 6717th 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	$2.45	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$16634

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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

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941