Guangzhou vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$785
$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2110
$1256
🏠 One person rent
$342
$204
🏘️ Family rent
$587
$336
🍽️ Food expenses
$267
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$87.2
$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1288
$493
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
96
61
😀 Quality of life
77
63
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.42M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 57% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6854th and 8662nd ($785 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 23rd in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Guangzhou compared to 1 months in Kharkiv. Guangzhou ranked 3rd best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 1149th and 5430th 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
$2.93
$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$29.7
$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.12
$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.17
$0.99
☕ Cappuccino
$3.11
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.55
$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$484
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$245
$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$851
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$437
$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$35.4
$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$53.9
$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13.9
$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.46%
17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$9091
$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3444
$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.44
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$20.7
$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.01
$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.23
$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.85
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.1
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.06
$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.53
$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.5
$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.06
$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.19
$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.13
$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.8
$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.95
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.38
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.35
$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.78
$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.06
$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.79
$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.6
$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.87
$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.23
$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.77
$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$67.1
$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.46
$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$29.7
$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple
$10.3
$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans
$40.8
$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$82.4
$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$458
$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$19408
$2841

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19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$627
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$694
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$873
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$801
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$548
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$807
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$678
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$858
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$995
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1734
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$638
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$839
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2396
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2663
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$777
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$793
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$908
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$828
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$766
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$954
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$778
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$802
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$797
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$739
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$600
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$682
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$473
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$751
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$758
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$474
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$612
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$824
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$714
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$528
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$648
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$601
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$620
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$602
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$705
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$711

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$746
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$475
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$518
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$618
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$539
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$611
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$685
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$749
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$642
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$628
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$490
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$621
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$525
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$471
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$790
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$766
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$448
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$454
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$730
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$577
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$518
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$554
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$757
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$635
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$732
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$479
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$779
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$891
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$855
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$853
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$464
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$589
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$529
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$409
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$694
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$974
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$691
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$798
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$591