Beijing vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beijing	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1029	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2645	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$589	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1040	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$98	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$658	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	61
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	21.9M	1.42M

The cost of living in Beijing is 102% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5355th and 8604th ($1029 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 22nd in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Beijing compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Beijing ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 2546th and 5547th 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	$4.24	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$850	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$839	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.5	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14720	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6180	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.3	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.61	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.04	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.55	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.7	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.4	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.35	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.2	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$713	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22823	$3156

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586