Kabul vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kabul	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$504	$824
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1114	$2217
🏠 One person rent	$211	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$298	$688
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$90.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$864
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	33	36
😀 Quality of life	26	52
🏙️ Population	5.33M	6.98M

The cost of living in Kabul is 39% less expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 8650th and 6659th ($504 vs $824) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 22nd 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 months in Zhanjiang. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Zhanjiang ranked 90th in China, while ranked 8929th and 6493rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Zhanjiang

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	Kabul	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.5	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.24	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.6	$5.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$453
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$83.1	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.7	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.5	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.2	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$4574
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$346	$2549
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.2	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.58	$4.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.28	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.37	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.49	$6.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$45.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.54	$6.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.5	$38.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$45.8	$68.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.9	$645
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1302	$18767

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$797
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$802
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$711
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$679
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$908
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$617
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$714
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$839
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$858
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$828
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$580
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$620
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$873
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$574
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$548
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$782
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$592
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1734
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$627
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$579
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$678
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$601
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$785
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$778
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$801
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$564
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$694
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$995
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2396
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$586
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$583
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$766
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$599
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$594
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$528
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$593