Kharkiv vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kharkiv	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$612
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1307	$1703
🏠 One person rent	$210	$223
🏘️ Family rent	$392	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$361	$727
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	60	24
😀 Quality of life	56	39
🏙️ Population	1.42M	6.56M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 18% less expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 8657th and 7649th ($503 vs $612) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 262nd 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 Shaoyang. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 5755th and 7013th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Shaoyang

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	Kharkiv	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.27	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$464	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$4.8	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.47%	4.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$3476
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$685	$3102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.29	$21.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.44	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.52	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.69	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.28	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$5.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.07	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.03	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2513	$10066

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$553
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$570
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$600
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$618
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$611
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$599
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$603
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$595
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$611
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$582
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$497
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$556
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$746
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$569
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$596
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$594
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$538
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$552
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$623
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$783
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$566
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$611
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$780
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$592
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$573
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$852
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$590
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$612
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$628
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$580
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$605
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$614
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$813
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$607
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$619
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$581
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$610