Kabul vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$195	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$648
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	30	24
😀 Quality of life	33	44
🏙️ Population	4.27M	7.82M

The cost of living in Kabul is 23% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 8842nd and 7835th ($458 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 183rd 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 8609th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Shangqiu

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	Kabul	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.45	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517