Kharkiv vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person
$501
$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1256
$3146
🏠 One person rent
$204
$636
🏘️ Family rent
$336
$1119
🍽️ Food expenses
$194
$279
🚐 Transport expenses
$45.4
$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$493
$1068
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
13 km
🎓 Higher education
61
99
😀 Quality of life
63
76
🏙️ Population
1.42M
24.9M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 56% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8662nd and 4880th ($501 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 5th in Ukraine and China, respectively. Check Ukraine vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 5430th and 1178th 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
$5.32
$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$19.8
$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.26
$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.99
$1.44
☕ Cappuccino
$1.23
$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.83
$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$127
$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$213
$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.8
$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$81.1
$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$6.26
$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.68%
3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1073
$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$594
$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.81
$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.9
$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.31
$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.95
$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.53
$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.95
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.56
$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.23
$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.74
$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.17
$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.59
$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.69
$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.77
$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.48
$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.35
$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.73
$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.45
$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.71
$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.17
$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.95
$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.3
$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.62
$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.22
$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$18.1
$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.02
$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$7.98
$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.77
$12
👖 Brand Jeans
$52.5
$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$76
$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$285
$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2841
$27610

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$618
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$539
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$611
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$685
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$749
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$642
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$628
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$490
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$621
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$525
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$471
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$790
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$766
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$448
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$454
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$730
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$577
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$518
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$554
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$757
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$635
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$732
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$479
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$779
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$891
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$855
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$853
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$464
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$589
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$529
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$409
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$694
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$974
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$691
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$798
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$591

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Distance City Cost of living
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$1030
47 km or 29 mi Taicang
$708
53 km or 33 mi Kunshan
$726
74 km or 46 mi Qidong
$725
82 km or 51 mi Suzhou
$798
82 km or 51 mi Jiaxing
$596
85 km or 53 mi Haimen
$643
88 km or 55 mi Changshu
$678
106 km or 66 mi Nantong
$581
117 km or 73 mi Zhangjiagang
$652
121 km or 75 mi Wuxi
$686
135 km or 84 mi Huzhou
$680
141 km or 87 mi Jiangyin
$658
142 km or 88 mi Zhoushan
$571
144 km or 89 mi Ningbo
$660
148 km or 92 mi Jingjiang
$645
155 km or 96 mi Shaoxing
$670
158 km or 98 mi Yixing
$663
159 km or 99 mi Changzhou
$636
160 km or 100 mi Rugao
$659
161 km or 100 mi Hangzhou
$899
177 km or 110 mi Taixing
$651
179 km or 111 mi Hai'an
$664
191 km or 119 mi Liyang
$657
197 km or 122 mi Yangzhong
$627
198 km or 123 mi Guangde
$667
201 km or 125 mi Danyang
$623
208 km or 129 mi Taizhou
$693
217 km or 135 mi Dongtai
$691
223 km or 139 mi Zhenjiang
$538
235 km or 146 mi Yangzhou
$623
236 km or 146 mi Jurong
$644
244 km or 152 mi Ningguo
$661
246 km or 153 mi Yiwu
$696
250 km or 155 mi Xinghua
$693
250 km or 156 mi Yizheng
$620
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$677
260 km or 161 mi Xuancheng
$684
262 km or 163 mi Gaoyou
$644
274 km or 170 mi Nanjing
$789