Dongguan vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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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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$763
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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
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$451
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$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