Kabul vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$203	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$707
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	30	24
😀 Quality of life	14	38
🏙️ Population	4.27M	7.82M

The cost of living in Kabul is 36% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 8769th and 6735th ($474 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 9071st and 7140th 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	$2.38	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529