Dongguan vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Dongguan Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$589
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1767
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$181
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$367
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$236
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$86.7
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$838
$386
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
46 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
69
60
😀 Quality of life
71
57
🏙️ Population
10.5M
1.43M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 10% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7769th and 8242nd ($589 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 350th and 10th 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 Dongguan compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Dongguan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 2370th and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Kharkiv

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Dongguan Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.08
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$25
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.9
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.75
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.42
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.47
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$187
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$125
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$419
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$277
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$33.6
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$51.4
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$9.62
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.09%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5578
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3231
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.42
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$24.5
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.2
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.19
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2.15
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.4
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.82
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.98
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.6
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.19
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.4
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.89
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.33
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.16
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.83
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.33
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.07
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.9
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.89
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.52
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.81
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$6.03
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.21
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.58
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$38
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.21
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$49
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$7.18
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$46.5
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$74
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$401
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16599
$1310

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$742
65 km or 40 mi Shenzhen
$939
66 km or 41 mi Foshan
$575
68 km or 43 mi Huizhou
$837
70 km or 44 mi Zhongshan
$481
86 km or 53 mi Jiangmen
$812
88 km or 54 mi Zhuhai
$618
93 km or 58 mi Kowloon
$2410
95 km or 59 mi Hong Kong
$2614
100 km or 62 mi Macau
$1565
100 km or 62 mi Qingyuan
$781
124 km or 77 mi Heyuan
$891
132 km or 82 mi Kaiping
$816
133 km or 83 mi Zhaoqing
$791
165 km or 103 mi Shanwei
$1083
176 km or 109 mi Yunfu
$830
196 km or 122 mi Shaoguan
$856
226 km or 141 mi Yangjiang
$876
239 km or 148 mi Lianzhou
$774
249 km or 155 mi Puning
$738
253 km or 157 mi Wuzhou
$824
271 km or 168 mi Hezhou
$785
273 km or 170 mi Jieyang
$716
279 km or 173 mi Meizhou
$799
302 km or 188 mi Chaozhou
$588
303 km or 188 mi Shantou
$589
315 km or 195 mi Chenzhou
$752
323 km or 201 mi Gaozhou
$831
329 km or 205 mi Maoming
$857
332 km or 206 mi Ganzhou
$812
372 km or 231 mi Yulin
$806
401 km or 249 mi Zhanjiang
$777
403 km or 250 mi Longyan
$713
424 km or 263 mi Guigang
$735
430 km or 267 mi Guilin
$525
430 km or 267 mi Zhangzhou
$719
437 km or 271 mi Yongzhou
$584
444 km or 276 mi Hengyang
$530
464 km or 288 mi Liuzhou
$596
467 km or 290 mi Laibin
$611

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Distance City Cost of living
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$439
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$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495