Guangzhou vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Guangzhou Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$763
$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2294
$1960
🏠 One person rent
$333
$419
🏘️ Family rent
$850
$753
🍽️ Food expenses
$279
$241
🚐 Transport expenses
$76.2
$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1294
$529
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
20 km
7 km
🎓 Higher education
97
70
😀 Quality of life
75
64
🏙️ Population
18.7M
2.95M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 4% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 6602nd and 6450th ($763 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 1st in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 1036th and 4556th 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
$3.58
$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$25.8
$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.95
$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.86
$1.22
 Cappuccino
$3.43
$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.49
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$457
$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$236
$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1125
$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$688
$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$39.8
$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$61.3
$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13
$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.41%
18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10222
$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4345
$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.29
$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$15.8
$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.63
$4.47
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.2
$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$2
$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.94
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.24
$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.65
$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.7
$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.15
$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.09
$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.39
$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.26
$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.41
$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.88
$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.18
$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.43
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.19
$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$25.1
$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.89
$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.15
$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.36
$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.76
$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.38
$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.49
$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$26.4
$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7.06
$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$28.9
$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple
$9.52
$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans
$35.2
$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$69.9
$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$439
$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15919
$7166

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Distance City Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi Foshan
$602
51 km or 32 mi Dongguan
$678
63 km or 39 mi Jiangmen
$830
65 km or 41 mi Qingyuan
$808
67 km or 42 mi Zhongshan
$491
83 km or 52 mi Zhaoqing
$806
100 km or 62 mi Zhuhai
$641
102 km or 63 mi Kaiping
$824
105 km or 65 mi Shenzhen
$958
111 km or 69 mi Macau
$1590
118 km or 73 mi Huizhou
$629
127 km or 79 mi Yunfu
$839
131 km or 81 mi Kowloon
$2427
132 km or 82 mi Hong Kong
$2753
162 km or 100 mi Heyuan
$801
189 km or 117 mi Shaoguan
$852
194 km or 121 mi Yangjiang
$895
202 km or 126 mi Wuzhou
$819
205 km or 127 mi Lianzhou
$783
216 km or 134 mi Shanwei
$1014
225 km or 140 mi Hezhou
$780
281 km or 175 mi Gaozhou
$774
291 km or 181 mi Maoming
$774
298 km or 185 mi Chenzhou
$746
298 km or 185 mi Puning
$726
319 km or 198 mi Meizhou
$795
321 km or 199 mi Jieyang
$691
323 km or 201 mi Yulin
$794
345 km or 214 mi Ganzhou
$813
349 km or 217 mi Chaozhou
$592
352 km or 219 mi Shantou
$605
364 km or 226 mi Zhanjiang
$781
373 km or 232 mi Guigang
$725
384 km or 239 mi Guilin
$538
406 km or 252 mi Yongzhou
$618
414 km or 257 mi Liuzhou
$607
416 km or 259 mi Laibin
$623
424 km or 264 mi Hengyang
$611
440 km or 273 mi Longyan
$713
460 km or 286 mi Haikou
$671

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$422
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$529
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$432
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$545
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$469
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$421
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$490
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$909
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$418
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$473
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$449
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$437
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$956
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$437
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$860
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$457
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$576
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$806
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$487
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$467
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$679
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$876
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$375
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$491
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$450
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$503
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$537
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$515
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$780
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1131
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$457
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$873
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$451
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$516
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$717
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$748
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$563