Kharkiv vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$207	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$725
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	60	60
😀 Quality of life	56	53
🏙️ Population	1.42M	9.4M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 29% less expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 8600th and 6849th ($506 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 51st in Ukraine and China, respectively. Check Ukraine vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 5713th and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Ningbo

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	Kharkiv	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$12465

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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

Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522