Peshawar vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Peshawar	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$334	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$809	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$119	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$193	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$136	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.5	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$608
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	47	70
😀 Quality of life	43	65
🏙️ Population	1.97M	10.6M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 34% less expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 9121st and 8645th ($334 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 489th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Peshawar compared to 1.2 months in Shijiazhuang. Peshawar ranked 7th best city to live in Pakistan vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 7430th and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Shijiazhuang

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	Peshawar	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.81	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.11	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.3	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$46.3	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$155	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$85.3	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$267	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$213	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.94	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.21	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.74	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.77	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.2	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.69	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.56	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.86	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.3	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.7	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.4	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2261	$4870

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684

Cities near Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707