Kabul vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$211	$306
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$417
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$771
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	49
😀 Quality of life	26	71
🏙️ Population	5.33M	8.78M

The cost of living in Kabul is 22% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8650th and 7630th ($504 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 134th 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 26th in China, while ranked 8929th and 3354th 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	$3.18	$2.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$440
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$334
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$48.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$2944
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$3.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$5.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$8.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$20.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$87.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$9745

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$643
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$892
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$729
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$673
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$679
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$705
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$640
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$689
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$672
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$874
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$942
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$687
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$884
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$868
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$921
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$474
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$889
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$904
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$612
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$682
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$938
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$473
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1123
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$600
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$979
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$792
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$617
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$844
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$717
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$758
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$684
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$774
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$603
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$954