Hefei vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$205	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	93	60
😀 Quality of life	66	56
🏙️ Population	9.37M	1.42M

The cost of living in Hefei is 23% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7405th and 8600th ($625 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 20th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3963rd and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Kharkiv

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	Hefei	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$3129

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549