Peshawar vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$130	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$695
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	48	17
😀 Quality of life	40	38
🏙️ Population	1.97M	9.03M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 40% less expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 9093rd and 7893rd ($346 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 6958th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Zhoukou

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	Peshawar	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$14854

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484