Kabul vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$285	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$994
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	29	29
😀 Quality of life	13	44
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.17M

The cost of living in Kabul is 23% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7801st and 6548th ($599 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 45th 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 1.3 months in Maoming. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 9123rd and 6627th 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	$2.69	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$18483

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014