Kabul vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$203	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$865
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	30	28
😀 Quality of life	14	41
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.23M

The cost of living in Kabul is 28% less expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 8769th and 7175th ($474 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 100th 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 Xinyang. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 9071st and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Xinyang

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	Kabul	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558