Kharkiv vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person
$535
$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1428
$3221
🏠 One person rent
$222
$359
🏘️ Family rent
$465
$739
🍽️ Food expenses
$194
$431
🚐 Transport expenses
$44.6
$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$386
$949
😷 Air quality
Good
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
19 km
🎓 Higher education
60
70
😀 Quality of life
57
68
🏙️ Population
1.43M
12.7M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 48% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 8242nd and 5170th ($535 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 11th 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 0.9 months in Suzhou. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 5715th and 3722nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Suzhou

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Kharkiv Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.24
$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$24
$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.02
$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$4.6
☕ Cappuccino
$1.19
$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$231
$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$142
$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$545
$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$330
$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$56.6
$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$87.4
$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$4.93
$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.28%
4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1351
$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$762
$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.21
$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.06
$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.41
$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.27
$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.54
$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.16
$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.78
$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.19
$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.79
$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.91
$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.67
$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.36
$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.74
$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.37
$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.81
$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.27
$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.76
$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.78
$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.61
$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.49
$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.8
$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.17
$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$17.9
$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.46
$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$9.03
$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.44
$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans
$57.5
$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$132
$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$303
$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1310
$22097

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$439
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$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495

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Distance City Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi Kunshan
$771
40 km or 25 mi Changshu
$731
43 km or 27 mi Wuxi
$687
49 km or 31 mi Taicang
$731
63 km or 39 mi Jiaxing
$596
64 km or 40 mi Zhangjiagang
$678
69 km or 43 mi Huzhou
$699
75 km or 47 mi Jiangyin
$688
76 km or 47 mi Yixing
$707
80 km or 50 mi Nantong
$651
82 km or 51 mi Shanghai
$1190
83 km or 52 mi Changzhou
$713
84 km or 52 mi Haimen
$682
85 km or 53 mi Jingjiang
$675
88 km or 55 mi Pudong
$1074
109 km or 68 mi Liyang
$694
112 km or 70 mi Taixing
$665
114 km or 71 mi Qidong
$763
120 km or 75 mi Rugao
$682
123 km or 77 mi Guangde
$707
125 km or 78 mi Hangzhou
$831
125 km or 78 mi Danyang
$625
129 km or 80 mi Yangzhong
$625
137 km or 85 mi Hai'an
$679
145 km or 90 mi Shaoxing
$755
148 km or 92 mi Taizhou
$651
149 km or 93 mi Zhenjiang
$524
156 km or 97 mi Jurong
$645
164 km or 102 mi Yangzhou
$631
173 km or 107 mi Ningguo
$720
175 km or 109 mi Yizheng
$617
175 km or 109 mi Dongtai
$703
182 km or 113 mi Xuancheng
$789
182 km or 113 mi Ningbo
$677
194 km or 120 mi Nanjing
$740
196 km or 122 mi Xinghua
$696
198 km or 123 mi Gaoyou
$652
202 km or 125 mi Zhoushan
$690
214 km or 133 mi Wuhu
$898
216 km or 134 mi Tianchang
$645