Kabul vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kabul	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$458	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1016	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$195	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$267	$323
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.9	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$863
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	21
😀 Quality of life	33	46
🏙️ Population	4.27M	6.71M

The cost of living in Kabul is 50% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6158th ($458 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 12th in Afghanistan and China, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Yancheng ranked 242nd in China, while ranked 8609th and 7008th 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	$2.45	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.2	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$62.8	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$111	$227
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.1	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.06%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$505	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$260	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.6	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.78	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.22	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.81	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.2	$28.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.23	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.4	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.1	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$19.7	$434
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1486	$18627

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$663
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$664
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$617
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$654
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$651
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$602
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$610
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$597
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$622
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$590
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$621
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$537
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$597
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$547
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$601
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$602
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$612
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$753
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$564
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$632
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$679
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$567
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$696
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$674
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$639
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$558
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$673
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$771
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$696
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$546
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$509
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1003