Guangzhou vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$742
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2255
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$333
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$834
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$262
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$70.6
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1117
$386
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
97
60
😀 Quality of life
75
57
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.43M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 39% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6607th and 8242nd ($742 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 10th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 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 955th and 5715th 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
$4.17
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$27.8
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.84
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.83
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.46
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.44
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$380
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$259
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1120
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$676
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$37.2
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$57.2
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$12.5
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.66%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10173
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4278
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.28
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12.5
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.51
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.19
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2.01
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.87
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.09
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.62
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.4
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.42
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.89
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.36
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.81
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.14
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.4
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.16
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.9
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.89
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.89
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.23
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.55
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.34
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.47
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$27.3
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.94
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$28.2
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.8
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$43.5
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$73.6
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$423
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$18235
$1310

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Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$575
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$589
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$812
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$781
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$481
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$791
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$618
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$816
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$939
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1565
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$837
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$830
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2410
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2614
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$891
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$856
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$876
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$824
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$774
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$1083
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$785
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$831
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$857
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$752
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$738
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$799
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$716
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$806
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$812
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$588
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$589
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$777
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$735
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$525
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$584
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$596
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$611
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$530
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$713
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$620

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$439
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495