Chongqing vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chongqing	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$561	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1695	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$180	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.3	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	87	61
😀 Quality of life	74	63
🏙️ Population	32.1M	1.42M

The cost of living in Chongqing is 10% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8185th and 8604th ($561 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 322nd and 22nd in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Chongqing compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Chongqing ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 2237th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chongqing vs Kharkiv

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	Chongqing	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$433	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$231	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.8	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.46	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.87%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2367	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1345	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.1	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23821	$3156

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$542
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$569
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$575
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$562
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$645
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$573
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$551
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$598
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$538
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$570
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$583
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$551
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$591
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$538
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$557
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$601
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$599
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$635
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$563
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$571
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$563
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$528
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$569
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$557
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$552
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$588
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$558
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$544
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$536
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$580
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$567
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$583
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$587
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$562
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$568
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$571
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$537

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