Kabul vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$203	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$602
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	30	71
😀 Quality of life	14	61
🏙️ Population	4.27M	10.6M

The cost of living in Kabul is 1% less expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 8769th and 8748th ($474 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 9071st and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Shijiazhuang

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	Kabul	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716