Kharkiv vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$207	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	54
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	1.42M	8.78M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 21% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8600th and 7256th ($506 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 5713th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Quanzhou

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	Kharkiv	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936