Changsha vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Changsha Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$592
$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1571
$1309
🏠 One person rent
$202
$203
🏘️ Family rent
$346
$340
🍽️ Food expenses
$236
$202
🚐 Transport expenses
$66.5
$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$869
$434
😷 Air quality
Bad
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
95
61
😀 Quality of life
72
63
🏙️ Population
10M
1.42M

The cost of living in Changsha is 16% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7882nd and 8604th ($592 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 200th 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 Changsha compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Changsha ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3381st and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Kharkiv

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Changsha Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.78
$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$21
$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.91
$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$1.03
☕ Cappuccino
$2.81
$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
$188
$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$154
$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$338
$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$279
$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$26.9
$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$41
$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$14.7
$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.64%
18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2162
$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3816
$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.35
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$14
$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.49
$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.16
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.95
$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.33
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.85
$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.72
$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16
$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.17
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.1
$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.89
$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.32
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.75
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.86
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.93
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.5
$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.26
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.94
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$12.6
$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.94
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.79
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.19
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.59
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.88
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.27
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$58.5
$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.91
$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$21.1
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.06
$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans
$85
$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers
$83.3
$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$322
$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$7438
$3156

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Distance City Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi Xiangtan
$527
43 km or 27 mi Ningxiang
$569
43 km or 27 mi Zhuzhou
$595
76 km or 47 mi Yiyang
$571
79 km or 49 mi Liling
$584
107 km or 66 mi Pingxiang
$612
108 km or 67 mi Loudi
$584
131 km or 81 mi Yueyang
$595
140 km or 87 mi Lianyuan
$564
145 km or 90 mi Yichun
$618
149 km or 93 mi Linxiang
$572
150 km or 93 mi Hengyang
$622
157 km or 97 mi Changde
$487
162 km or 101 mi Lengshuijiang
$551
178 km or 111 mi Shishou
$547
182 km or 113 mi Shaoyang
$603
186 km or 116 mi Honghu
$587
192 km or 119 mi Jinshi
$511
197 km or 122 mi Xinyu
$593
198 km or 123 mi Chibi
$590
225 km or 140 mi Xianning
$625
231 km or 144 mi Ji'an
$660
237 km or 147 mi Yongzhou
$634
246 km or 153 mi Xiantao
$599
247 km or 153 mi Jingzhou
$596
249 km or 155 mi Songzi
$548
264 km or 164 mi Zhangjiajie
$545
267 km or 166 mi Chenzhou
$750
285 km or 177 mi Yidu
$534
285 km or 177 mi Hanchuan
$609
287 km or 178 mi Daye
$638
290 km or 180 mi Nanchang
$526
295 km or 183 mi Wuhan
$639
299 km or 186 mi Huangshi
$671
305 km or 189 mi Huaihua
$571
307 km or 191 mi Ezhou
$632
311 km or 193 mi Yingcheng
$585
311 km or 193 mi Huanggang
$646
311 km or 193 mi Wuxue
$598
314 km or 195 mi Dangyang
$546

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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