Kabul vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$203	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$800
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	20
😀 Quality of life	14	41
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.44M

The cost of living in Kabul is 29% less expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 8769th and 7052nd ($474 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 9071st and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Shangrao

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	Kabul	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621