Kabul vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$203	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1049
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	30	49
😀 Quality of life	14	51
🏙️ Population	4.27M	7.1M

The cost of living in Kabul is 30% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 8769th and 6983rd ($474 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 9071st and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Yantai

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	Kabul	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702