Peshawar vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$130	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$1771
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	48	96
😀 Quality of life	40	80
🏙️ Population	1.97M	17.7M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 62% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 9093rd and 5950th ($346 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 12th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6958th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Shenzhen

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	Peshawar	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$22267

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609