Changsha vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$190	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$388
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	68	56
🏙️ Population	10M	1.42M

The cost of living in Changsha is 14% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7932nd and 8600th ($577 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th 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 Changsha compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3100th and 5713th 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	$2.72	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$3129

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

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