Kharkiv vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$207	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$745
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	60	19
😀 Quality of life	56	38
🏙️ Population	1.42M	7.01M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 21% less expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 8600th and 7314th ($506 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 137th 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 Zhumadian. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 5713th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Zhumadian

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	Kharkiv	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504