Kabul vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$276	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	53
😀 Quality of life	21	53
🏙️ Population	4.27M	8.78M

The cost of living in Kabul is 18% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7972nd and 6882nd ($567 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 102nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 8953rd and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Quanzhou

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	Kabul	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$3.58
🥤 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	$173	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083