Hong Kong vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hong Kong	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2737	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6793	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$1830	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$3856	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$524	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$232	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	88	56
🏙️ Population	7.41M	1.42M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 441% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 427th and 8600th ($2737 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in China and Ukraine, respectively. Check China vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hong Kong compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 248th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Kharkiv

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	Hong Kong	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.24	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.49	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.3	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.37	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2169	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1533	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4708	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3331	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.02%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$26276	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16290	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.3	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.78	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.26	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.62	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.2	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.1	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.2	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.1	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1052	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22706	$3129

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598

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