Kabul vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kabul	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$474	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$203	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$302	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$81.8	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$680
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	30	78
😀 Quality of life	14	66
🏙️ Population	4.27M	12.6M

The cost of living in Kabul is 7% less expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 8769th and 8544th ($474 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 9071st and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Zhengzhou

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	Kabul	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.38	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.34	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$90	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$141	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.8	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.54%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$404	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$202	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.8	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.97	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.48	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.15	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.1	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$17.2	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1356	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591