Kharkiv vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1763
🏠 One person rent	$207	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$427
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$723
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	60	85
😀 Quality of life	56	68
🏙️ Population	1.42M	9.07M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 6% less expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 8600th and 8334th ($506 vs $539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 454th 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 1.3 months in Shenyang. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Shenyang ranked 24th in China, while ranked 5713th and 3343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Shenyang

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	Kharkiv	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$502
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$32.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	5.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1252
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$11.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$9.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$4.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$20.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$69
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$466
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$24404

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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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$459
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$495
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$514
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$520
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$455
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$500
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$508
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$496
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$514
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$524
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$508
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$492
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$517
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$524
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$542
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$509
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$513
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$503
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$581
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1572
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$461
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$538
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$505
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$493
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$520
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$586
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$517
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1549
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$574
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$585
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$573
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1547
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$500