Guangzhou vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$758
$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1996
$1309
🏠 One person rent
$322
$203
🏘️ Family rent
$570
$340
🍽️ Food expenses
$267
$202
🚐 Transport expenses
$89.1
$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$792
$434
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
97
61
😀 Quality of life
75
63
🏙️ Population
18.7M
1.42M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 49% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6838th and 8604th ($758 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 22nd in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Guangzhou compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 2100th and 5547th 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
$2.82
$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$28
$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.46
$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.07
$1.03
☕ Cappuccino
$3.08
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.48
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$472
$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$222
$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$862
$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$410
$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$36.4
$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$56.4
$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13.1
$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.97%
18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$9090
$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3370
$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.42
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$24
$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.76
$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.18
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.94
$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.16
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.22
$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.54
$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.7
$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.7
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15
$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.13
$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.14
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.75
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.51
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.91
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.15
$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.44
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.29
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.34
$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.03
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.85
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.35
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.52
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.17
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.68
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$52.5
$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.25
$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$29
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$9.51
$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans
$38.4
$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers
$70.3
$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$349
$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$14783
$3156

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Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$589
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$662
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$829
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$777
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$518
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$794
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$662
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$827
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$878
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1746
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$608
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$816
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2414
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2718
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$766
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$818
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$892
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$809
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$765
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$941
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$766
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$780
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$773
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$750
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$579
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$669
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$451
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$726
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$897
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$454
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$589
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$790
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$693
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$546
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$634
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$574
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$598
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$622
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$697
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$677

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$718
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$479
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$496
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$639
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$485
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$537
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$649
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$790
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$633
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$656
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$440
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$650
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$516
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$501
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$732
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$707
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$498
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$660
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$539
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$545
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$665
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$570
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$629
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$516
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$652
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$851
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$718
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$879
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$475
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$516
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$420
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$672
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$837
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$582
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$709
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$586