Kyiv vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$445	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	54
😀 Quality of life	64	66
🏙️ Population	2.95M	8.78M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 32% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6262nd and 7256th ($850 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th 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 Kyiv compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 4484th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Quanzhou

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	Kyiv	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$20567

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936