Kharkiv vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated:

Livingcost

Kharkiv Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person
$506
$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1360
$2694
🏠 One person rent
$207
$478
🏘️ Family rent
$413
$1142
🍽️ Food expenses
$198
$261
🚐 Transport expenses
$42.9
$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$388
$1771
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
11 km
🎓 Higher education
60
96
😀 Quality of life
56
80
🏙️ Population
1.42M
17.7M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 45% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 8600th and 5950th ($506 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5713th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kharkiv vs Shenzhen infographic

Share this infographic!

Prices in Kharkiv vs Shenzhen

Prices for goods and services in Kharkiv and Shenzhen are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

Kharkiv Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.71
$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$20.5
$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.87
$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$1.15
$3.03
🥤 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
$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$132
$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$444
$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$293
$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$55.2
$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$85
$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.01
$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.9%
4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1187
$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$662
$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.32
$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.94
$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.47
$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.26
$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.51
$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.98
$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.53
$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.21
$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.65
$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.94
$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.66
$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.84
$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.49
$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.61
$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.35
$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.77
$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.63
$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.74
$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.94
$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.19
$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.38
$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.66
$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.3
$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$21.1
$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.16
$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$8.94
$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.96
$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans
$50.5
$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$76.4
$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$360
$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$3129
$22267

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

More cities to compare

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shenzhen

Distance City Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi Kowloon
$2432
30 km or 19 mi Hong Kong
$2737
58 km or 36 mi Zhuhai
$653
65 km or 40 mi Dongguan
$656
66 km or 41 mi Macau
$1588
72 km or 45 mi Zhongshan
$461
74 km or 46 mi Huizhou
$601
100 km or 62 mi Jiangmen
$804
105 km or 65 mi Guangzhou
$774
112 km or 69 mi Foshan
$611
134 km or 83 mi Shanwei
$936
142 km or 88 mi Kaiping
$812
150 km or 93 mi Heyuan
$764
164 km or 102 mi Qingyuan
$794
174 km or 108 mi Zhaoqing
$793
212 km or 131 mi Yunfu
$823
228 km or 142 mi Yangjiang
$877
233 km or 145 mi Puning
$569
256 km or 159 mi Shaoguan
$818
262 km or 163 mi Jieyang
$443
286 km or 178 mi Shantou
$581
288 km or 179 mi Meizhou
$655
292 km or 182 mi Chaozhou
$451
299 km or 186 mi Wuzhou
$803
303 km or 188 mi Lianzhou
$755
330 km or 205 mi Hezhou
$758
337 km or 209 mi Gaozhou
$761
337 km or 210 mi Maoming
$756
377 km or 234 mi Ganzhou
$761
378 km or 235 mi Chenzhou
$724
401 km or 249 mi Yulin
$771
405 km or 252 mi Zhanjiang
$764
415 km or 258 mi Longyan
$649
428 km or 266 mi Zhangzhou
$664
460 km or 286 mi Guigang
$702
464 km or 288 mi Xiamen
$688
477 km or 297 mi Haikou
$650
485 km or 301 mi Kinmen
$823
489 km or 304 mi Guilin
$522
502 km or 312 mi Yongzhou
$609