Beijing vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beijing	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2879	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$575	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$1275	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1443	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	75	56
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.42M

The cost of living in Beijing is 101% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5387th and 8600th ($1016 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 20th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Beijing compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 989th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Kharkiv

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	Beijing	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.86	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.58	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$819	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1965	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.6	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14717	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6695	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.77	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.33	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.26	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.49	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.51	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.3	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.8	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$698	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22456	$3129

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$716
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$649
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$586
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$680
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$472
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$665
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$702
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$592
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$711
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$679
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$655
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$550
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$584
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$642
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$635
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$581
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$533
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$629
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$544
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$564
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$524
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$642
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$703
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$590
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$638
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$616
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$624
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$620
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$600
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$620
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$815

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549