Kabul vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$203	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1146
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	30	70
😀 Quality of life	14	68
🏙️ Population	4.27M	12.7M

The cost of living in Kabul is 45% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 8769th and 6198th ($474 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 18th 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 Suzhou. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 9071st and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Suzhou

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	Kabul	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613