Kharkiv vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$203	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	100
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	1.42M	24.9M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 55% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8604th and 4879th ($510 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 5th in Ukraine and China, respectively. Check Ukraine vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5547th and 1383rd 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	$5.68	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$27624

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753