Beijing vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beijing	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1067	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3071	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$596	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$1354	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1802	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	77	56
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.42M

The cost of living in Beijing is 112% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5141st and 8657th ($1067 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 17th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Beijing compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Beijing ranked 5th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 763rd and 5755th 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	$4.04	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.94	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2126	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.1	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14636	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7425	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.28	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.57	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.63	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.6	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.51	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.9	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.8	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$782	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23714	$2513

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$734
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$786
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$679
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$710
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$714
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$482
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$700
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$742
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$620
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$760
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$720
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$693
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$572
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$614
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$684
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$677
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$649
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$605
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$555
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$670
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$568
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$588
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$547
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$668
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$729
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$616
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$670
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$637
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$648
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$661
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$632
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$644
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$869

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529