Kabul vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$211	$215
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$350
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$924
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	33	55
😀 Quality of life	26	52
🏙️ Population	5.33M	9.08M

The cost of living in Kabul is 5% less expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 8650th and 8496th ($504 vs $531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 466th 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Xuzhou ranked 101st in China, while ranked 8929th and 6556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Xuzhou

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	Kabul	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$2.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$7.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$2128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$1668
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$4.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$5.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$7.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$3.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$52.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$22004

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$595
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$605
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$557
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$588
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$585
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$587
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$633
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$523
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$575
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$612
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$523
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$573
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$602
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$571
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$811
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$613
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$624
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$672
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$567
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$560
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$562
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$578
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$550
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$635
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$610
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$555
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$589
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$644
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$670
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$508
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$457
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$546
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$549
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$650
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$693
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$789