Changsha vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Changsha Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$582
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1619
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$222
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$494
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$215
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$66.1
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$793
$361
😷 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 16% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7989th and 8657th ($582 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 378th and 17th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Changsha ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3254th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Changsha Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.87
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$17.2
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.95
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.87
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$2.75
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.4
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$297
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$157
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$506
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$429
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$22.5
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$34.9
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$14.2
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.05%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2141
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5614
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.36
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$14.3
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.23
$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.19
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.69
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.44
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.78
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.47
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.29
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.4
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.38
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.23
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.39
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.21
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.82
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.8
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.26
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.94
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$14.3
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.72
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.87
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.25
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.61
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.88
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.28
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$50.2
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.64
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$20.8
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.15
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$69.9
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$78.1
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$318
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$5672
$2513

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$603
43 km or 27 mi Ningxiang
$595
43 km or 27 mi Zhuzhou
$601
76 km or 47 mi Yiyang
$611
79 km or 49 mi Liling
$584
107 km or 66 mi Pingxiang
$594
108 km or 67 mi Loudi
$600
131 km or 81 mi Yueyang
$623
140 km or 87 mi Lianyuan
$570
145 km or 90 mi Yichun
$611
149 km or 93 mi Linxiang
$592
150 km or 93 mi Hengyang
$611
157 km or 97 mi Changde
$497
162 km or 101 mi Lengshuijiang
$553
178 km or 111 mi Shishou
$566
182 km or 113 mi Shaoyang
$612
186 km or 116 mi Honghu
$612
192 km or 119 mi Jinshi
$552
197 km or 122 mi Xinyu
$590
198 km or 123 mi Chibi
$614
225 km or 140 mi Xianning
$663
231 km or 144 mi Ji'an
$628
237 km or 147 mi Yongzhou
$618
246 km or 153 mi Xiantao
$610
247 km or 153 mi Jingzhou
$605
249 km or 155 mi Songzi
$573
264 km or 164 mi Zhangjiajie
$569
267 km or 166 mi Chenzhou
$746
285 km or 177 mi Yidu
$580
285 km or 177 mi Hanchuan
$646
287 km or 178 mi Daye
$676
290 km or 180 mi Nanchang
$521
295 km or 183 mi Wuhan
$692
299 km or 186 mi Huangshi
$714
305 km or 189 mi Huaihua
$599
307 km or 191 mi Ezhou
$674
311 km or 193 mi Yingcheng
$626
311 km or 193 mi Huanggang
$705
311 km or 193 mi Wuxue
$646
314 km or 195 mi Dangyang
$575

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Distance City Cost of living
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$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