Kabul vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$2070
🏠 One person rent	$276	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$526
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$83.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$724
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	20
😀 Quality of life	21	43
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.49M

The cost of living in Kabul is 21% less expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 7972nd and 6691st ($567 vs $721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 70th 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 months in Shangrao. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shangrao ranked 244th in China, while ranked 8953rd and 6824th 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	$2.48	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$41.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$4.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$343
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$2536
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$4.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$5.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$20642

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$643
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$655
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$644
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$677
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$713
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$620
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$811
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$741
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$678
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$538
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$725
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$708
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$694
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$700
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$720
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$787
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$744
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$728
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$671
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$647
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$789
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$831
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$664
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$687
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$707
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$581
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$755
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$898
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$613
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$735
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$699
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$669
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$697
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$675
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$587
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$696