Kabul vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$203	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$893
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	30	54
😀 Quality of life	14	66
🏙️ Population	4.27M	8.78M

The cost of living in Kabul is 26% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8769th and 7256th ($474 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 118th in Afghanistan and China, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kabul compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 9071st and 4015th 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	$2.38	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$20567

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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

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936