Peshawar vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$130	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$865
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	48	28
😀 Quality of life	40	41
🏙️ Population	1.97M	6.23M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 47% less expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 9093rd and 7175th ($346 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 100th 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 1.3 months in Xinyang. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 6958th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Xinyang

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	Peshawar	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558