Changchun vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Changchun	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$557	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1387	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$233	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$350	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.9	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$858	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	61
😀 Quality of life	56	63
🏙️ Population	9.07M	1.42M

The cost of living in Changchun is 9% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8224th and 8604th ($557 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 336th and 22nd in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Changchun compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Changchun ranked 52nd best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6189th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changchun vs Kharkiv

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	Changchun	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.81	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.2	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.31%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1671	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4009	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.06	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.31	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.33	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.9	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8358	$3156

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Cities near Changchun

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
81 km or 50 mi	Dehui	$548
105 km or 65 mi	Siping	$553
109 km or 68 mi	Jilin	$532
112 km or 69 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
127 km or 79 mi	Panshi	$521
138 km or 86 mi	Fuyu	$566
143 km or 89 mi	Shuangliao	$517
148 km or 92 mi	Yushu	$570
150 km or 93 mi	Shulan	$539
157 km or 98 mi	Meihekou	$519
162 km or 100 mi	Huadian	$518
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaohe	$521
178 km or 111 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
193 km or 120 mi	Da'an	$543
210 km or 131 mi	Wuchang	$564
211 km or 131 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
211 km or 131 mi	Tieling	$521
235 km or 146 mi	Harbin	$655
238 km or 148 mi	Tongliao	$537
240 km or 149 mi	Baishan	$521
248 km or 154 mi	Zhaodong	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Fushun	$470
250 km or 155 mi	Taonan	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Dunhua	$518
263 km or 163 mi	Shangzhi	$564
267 km or 166 mi	Baicheng	$541
271 km or 169 mi	Linjiang	$501
274 km or 170 mi	Shenyang	$554
279 km or 173 mi	Anda	$588
287 km or 178 mi	Xinmin	$518
300 km or 187 mi	Daqing	$599
313 km or 194 mi	Benxi	$434
315 km or 196 mi	Dengta	$492
319 km or 198 mi	Ji'an	$499
335 km or 208 mi	Suihua	$649
337 km or 209 mi	Liaoyang	$489
343 km or 213 mi	Helong	$505
344 km or 214 mi	Ning'an	$509
345 km or 214 mi	Ulanhot	$532

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