Kabul vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$203	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1771
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	30	96
😀 Quality of life	14	80
🏙️ Population	4.27M	17.7M

The cost of living in Kabul is 48% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 8769th and 5950th ($474 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 9071st and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Shenzhen

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	Kabul	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609