Dongguan vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$263	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	61
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.42M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 30% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7341st and 8604th ($662 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 22nd in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3389th and 5547th 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	$2.78	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$3156

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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