Guangzhou vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$742
$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2255
$1995
🏠 One person rent
$333
$367
🏘️ Family rent
$834
$737
🍽️ Food expenses
$262
$255
🚐 Transport expenses
$70.6
$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1117
$520
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
7 km
🎓 Higher education
97
70
😀 Quality of life
75
65
🏙️ Population
18.7M
2.95M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 2% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 6607th and 6536th ($742 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 1st 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 Kyiv. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 955th and 4566th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Kyiv

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Guangzhou Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.17
$7.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$27.8
$37.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.84
$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.83
$1.26
☕ Cappuccino
$3.46
$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.44
$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$380
$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$259
$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1120
$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$676
$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$37.2
$57.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$57.2
$89.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$12.5
$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.66%
19.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10173
$2503
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4278
$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.28
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12.5
$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.51
$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.19
$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2.01
$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.87
$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.09
$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.62
$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$9.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4
$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.4
$6.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.42
$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.89
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.36
$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.81
$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.14
$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.4
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.16
$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.9
$5.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.89
$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.89
$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.23
$2.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.55
$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.34
$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.47
$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$27.3
$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.94
$5.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$28.2
$18.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.8
$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans
$43.5
$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$73.6
$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$423
$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$18235
$7179

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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

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$443
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$495
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$457
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$548
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$406
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$433
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$534
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$892
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$476
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$504
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$425
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$426
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$976
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$423
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$820
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$470
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$560
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$767
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$518
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$472
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$637
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$810
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$369
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$487
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$423
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$535
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$464
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$527
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$758
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1111
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$462
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$839
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$439
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$490
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$649
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$704
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$528