Kharkiv vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$207	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$709
😷 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 15% less expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 8600th and 7740th ($506 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 5713th and 7044th 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	$5.71	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600