Kharkiv vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person
$535
$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1428
$3757
🏠 One person rent
$222
$635
🏘️ Family rent
$465
$1613
🍽️ Food expenses
$194
$308
🚐 Transport expenses
$44.6
$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$386
$1455
😷 Air quality
Good
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
13 km
🎓 Higher education
60
100
😀 Quality of life
57
78
🏙️ Population
1.43M
24.9M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 55% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8242nd and 4461st ($535 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 6th in Ukraine and China, respectively. Check Ukraine vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5715th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Shanghai

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Kharkiv Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.24
$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$24
$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.02
$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$1.7
☕ Cappuccino
$1.19
$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$231
$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$142
$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$545
$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$330
$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$56.6
$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$87.4
$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$4.93
$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.28%
4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1351
$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$762
$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.21
$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.06
$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.41
$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.27
$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.54
$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.16
$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.78
$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.19
$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.79
$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.91
$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.67
$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.36
$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.74
$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.37
$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.81
$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.27
$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.76
$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.78
$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.61
$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.49
$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.8
$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.17
$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$17.9
$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.46
$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$9.03
$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.44
$12
👖 Brand Jeans
$57.5
$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$132
$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$303
$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1310
$28143

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$439
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$504
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$425
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$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
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$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
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$495

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Distance City Cost of living
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$1074
47 km or 29 mi Taicang
$731
53 km or 33 mi Kunshan
$771
74 km or 46 mi Qidong
$763
82 km or 51 mi Suzhou
$1020
82 km or 51 mi Jiaxing
$596
85 km or 53 mi Haimen
$682
88 km or 55 mi Changshu
$731
106 km or 66 mi Nantong
$651
117 km or 73 mi Zhangjiagang
$678
121 km or 75 mi Wuxi
$687
135 km or 84 mi Huzhou
$699
141 km or 87 mi Jiangyin
$688
142 km or 88 mi Zhoushan
$690
144 km or 89 mi Ningbo
$677
148 km or 92 mi Jingjiang
$675
155 km or 96 mi Shaoxing
$755
158 km or 98 mi Yixing
$707
159 km or 99 mi Changzhou
$713
160 km or 100 mi Rugao
$682
161 km or 100 mi Hangzhou
$831
177 km or 110 mi Taixing
$665
179 km or 111 mi Hai'an
$679
191 km or 119 mi Liyang
$694
197 km or 122 mi Yangzhong
$625
198 km or 123 mi Guangde
$707
201 km or 125 mi Danyang
$625
208 km or 129 mi Taizhou
$651
217 km or 135 mi Dongtai
$703
223 km or 139 mi Zhenjiang
$524
235 km or 146 mi Yangzhou
$631
236 km or 146 mi Jurong
$645
244 km or 152 mi Ningguo
$720
246 km or 153 mi Yiwu
$725
250 km or 155 mi Xinghua
$696
250 km or 156 mi Yizheng
$617
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$719
260 km or 161 mi Xuancheng
$789
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$652
274 km or 170 mi Nanjing
$740