Kabul vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1703
🏠 One person rent	$285	$223
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$727
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	29	24
😀 Quality of life	13	39
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.56M

The cost of living in Kabul is 2% less expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 7801st and 7649th ($599 vs $612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 262nd 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 Shaoyang. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 9123rd and 7013th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Shaoyang

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	Kabul	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	4.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$3476
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$3102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$21.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$5.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$10066

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$553
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$570
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$600
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$618
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$611
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$599
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$603
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$595
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$611
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$582
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$497
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$556
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$746
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$569
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$596
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$594
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$538
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$552
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$623
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$783
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$566
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$611
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$780
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$592
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$573
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$852
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$590
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$628
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$580
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$605
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$614
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$813
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$607
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$619
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$581
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$610