Kabul vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kabul	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$567	$651
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1181	$1720
🏠 One person rent	$276	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$383	$451
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$72.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$713
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	29	19
😀 Quality of life	21	41
🏙️ Population	4.27M	7.01M

The cost of living in Kabul is 13% less expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7972nd and 7192nd ($567 vs $651) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 175th 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 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Zhumadian ranked 326th in China, while ranked 8953rd and 7073rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Zhumadian

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	Kabul	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.48	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$453
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$69.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99	$15.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.25%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$424	$4027
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$259	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.2	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.36	$3.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.3	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.23	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$4.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.8	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.21	$5.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.5	$23.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$4.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.2	$71.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$41.8	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.2	$336
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1370	$12038

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$608
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$584
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$658
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$599
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$617
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$642
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$570
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$614
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$629
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$639
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$554
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$660
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$554
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$542
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$622
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$543
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$624
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$624
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$541
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$531
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$601
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$539
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$743
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$643
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$525
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$650
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$600
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$605
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$589
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$498
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$601
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$590
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$524
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$621
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$544