Kabul vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1798
🏠 One person rent	$285	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$331
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$75.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$839
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	21
😀 Quality of life	13	40
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.71M

The cost of living in Kabul is 37% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 7801st and 5996th ($599 vs $947) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Yancheng ranked 240th in China, while ranked 9123rd and 6953rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Yancheng

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	Kabul	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$5.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$230
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	4.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$2559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$17.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$6.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$20047

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$699
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$698
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$648
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$705
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$676
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$673
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$674
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$650
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$645
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$665
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$617
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$674
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$588
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$630
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$685
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$620
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$729
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$656
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$651
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$661
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$774
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$608
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$718
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$686
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$623
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$612
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$738
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$702
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$690
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$610
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$706
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$1020
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$749
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$585
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$524
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1028