Guangzhou vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$763
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2294
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$333
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$850
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$279
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$76.2
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1294
$361
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
97
60
😀 Quality of life
75
56
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.42M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 52% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6602nd and 8657th ($763 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 17th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 1036th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Kharkiv

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Guangzhou Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$3.58
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$25.8
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.95
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.86
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.43
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.49
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$457
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$236
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1125
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$688
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$39.8
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$61.3
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.41%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10222
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4345
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.29
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$15.8
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.63
$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.2
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.94
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.24
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.65
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.7
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.15
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.09
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.39
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.26
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.41
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.88
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.18
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.43
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.19
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$25.1
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.89
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.15
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.36
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.76
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.38
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.49
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$26.4
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7.06
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$28.9
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$9.52
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$35.2
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$69.9
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$439
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15919
$2513

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Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$602
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$678
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$830
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$808
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$491
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$806
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$641
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$824
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$958
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1590
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$629
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$839
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2427
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2753
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$801
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$852
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$895
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$819
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$783
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$1014
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$780
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$774
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$774
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$746
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$726
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$795
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$691
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$794
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$813
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$592
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$605
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$781
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$725
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$538
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$618
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$607
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$623
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$611
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$713
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$671

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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