Kabul vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$203	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1106
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	62
😀 Quality of life	14	49
🏙️ Population	4.27M	9.08M

The cost of living in Kabul is 2% less expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 8769th and 8735th ($474 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 524th 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 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 9071st and 6314th 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	$2.38	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746