Guangzhou vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$782
$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2063
$1275
🏠 One person rent
$354
$200
🏘️ Family rent
$619
$342
🍽️ Food expenses
$262
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$84.2
$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$829
$459
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
96
61
😀 Quality of life
74
63
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.42M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 57% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6835th and 8722nd ($782 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 24th 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 Guangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Guangzhou ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 2285th and 5605th 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
$2.86
$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$28.6
$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.05
$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.08
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$2.92
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.51
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$532
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$243
$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$951
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$445
$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$38.7
$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$59.4
$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13.7
$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.62%
17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$8986
$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3592
$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.43
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$20.5
$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.89
$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.14
$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.86
$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.96
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.59
$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16
$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.97
$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13
$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.3
$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.12
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.77
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.59
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.94
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.03
$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.41
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.32
$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.57
$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.03
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.78
$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.46
$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.71
$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.22
$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.72
$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$60.1
$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.05
$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$29
$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple
$9.67
$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans
$41.3
$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$71.6
$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$400
$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16938
$2953

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19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$611
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$666
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$848
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$795
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$534
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$807
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$674
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$844
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$939
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1718
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$621
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$832
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2415
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2674
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$765
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$807
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$896
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$816
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$760
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$943
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$769
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$790
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$789
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$730
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$589
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$673
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$464
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$738
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$814
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$465
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$602
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$805
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$699
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$533
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$638
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$587
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$608
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$609
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$698
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$694

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$757
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$490
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$516
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$630
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$505
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$567
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$644
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$637
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$465
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$639
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$528
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$549
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$485
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$761
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$724
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$476
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$696
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$529
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$557
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$705
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$597
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$686
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$500
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$697
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$893
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$759
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$882
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$545
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$534
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$414
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$680
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$905
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$637
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$759
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$562