Chengdu vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Chengdu Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$660
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1808
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$251
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$445
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$246
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$87
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$892
$361
😷 Air quality
Bad
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
94
60
😀 Quality of life
72
56
🏙️ Population
20.9M
1.42M

The cost of living in Chengdu is 31% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7209th and 8657th ($660 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st 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 Chengdu compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Chengdu ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 1933rd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Kharkiv

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Chengdu Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.91
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$25.5
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.97
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.42
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.65
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.46
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$319
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$175
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$586
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$329
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$34.4
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.4
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$12.3
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.45%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4168
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2205
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.43
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$27.5
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.55
$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.19
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.98
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.51
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.13
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.84
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.8
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.24
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.27
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.74
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.04
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.7
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.81
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.39
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.24
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$10.8
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.93
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.38
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.17
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.03
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.45
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.65
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$32
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.65
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$23.1
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.37
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$53.6
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$83.4
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$389
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15153
$2513

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$614
38 km or 24 mi Pengzhou
$605
41 km or 25 mi Guanghan
$587
53 km or 33 mi Shifang
$572
55 km or 34 mi Jianyang
$611
56 km or 35 mi Dujiangyan
$603
60 km or 38 mi Deyang
$591
65 km or 40 mi Qionglai
$604
71 km or 44 mi Meishan
$624
77 km or 48 mi Mianzhu
$559
81 km or 50 mi Ziyang
$625
110 km or 68 mi Mianyang
$550
124 km or 77 mi Leshan
$588
127 km or 79 mi Ya'an
$613
127 km or 79 mi Shehong
$574
131 km or 81 mi Emeishan
$570
139 km or 87 mi Jiangyou
$553
145 km or 90 mi Suining
$609
153 km or 95 mi Neijiang
$682
161 km or 100 mi Zigong
$609
188 km or 117 mi Longchang
$618
193 km or 120 mi Nanchong
$560
208 km or 129 mi Langzhong
$551
219 km or 136 mi Yibin
$627
237 km or 148 mi Luzhou
$642
247 km or 153 mi Guang'an
$607
259 km or 161 mi Guangyuan
$596
261 km or 162 mi Huaying
$575
265 km or 165 mi Chongqing
$662
288 km or 179 mi Bazhong
$593
333 km or 207 mi Dazhou
$600
341 km or 212 mi Longnan
$584
353 km or 220 mi Xichang
$595
372 km or 231 mi Zhaotong
$620
388 km or 241 mi Hanzhong
$569
390 km or 243 mi Renhuai
$568
392 km or 244 mi Bijie
$612
408 km or 253 mi Wanyuan
$555
431 km or 268 mi Zunyi
$594
459 km or 285 mi Liupanshui
$591

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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