Dongguan vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$257	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	60
😀 Quality of life	69	56
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.42M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 35% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7055th and 8657th ($678 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 17th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Dongguan ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3115th and 5755th 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	$2.12	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$2513

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$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