Austin vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Austin	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2444	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5560	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1531	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2491	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4939	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	65	61
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	962K	1.42M

The cost of living in Austin is 390% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 985th and 8722nd ($2444 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 845th and 24th in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Austin compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Austin ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 217th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Austin vs Kharkiv

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	Austin	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.4	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.5	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.38	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.62	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1200	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3122	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2017	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.32%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5020	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3187	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.05	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.32	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.76	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.3	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$148	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1382	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21398	$2953

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Cities near Austin

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
25 km or 15 mi	Round Rock	$2027
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
31 km or 20 mi	Leander	$2187
37 km or 23 mi	Kyle	$2237
39 km or 24 mi	Georgetown	$2125
51 km or 32 mi	San Marcos	$2229
76 km or 47 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
84 km or 52 mi	Seguin	$2200
86 km or 53 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
90 km or 56 mi	Killeen	$1991
93 km or 58 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
95 km or 59 mi	Cibolo	$2175
96 km or 60 mi	Schertz	$2174
96 km or 60 mi	Temple	$2153
122 km or 76 mi	San Antonio	$2063
137 km or 85 mi	Bryan	$2000
138 km or 86 mi	Kerrville	$2165
140 km or 87 mi	College Station	$1913
150 km or 93 mi	Waco	$2285
180 km or 112 mi	Victoria	$2226
204 km or 126 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
214 km or 133 mi	Huntsville	$2022
215 km or 133 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
218 km or 136 mi	Stephenville	$2150
218 km or 136 mi	Conroe	$1836
219 km or 136 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
226 km or 140 mi	Missouri	$2094
227 km or 141 mi	Spring	$2112
230 km or 143 mi	Cleburne	$2177
233 km or 145 mi	Corsicana	$2189
234 km or 145 mi	Houston	$2265
248 km or 154 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
249 km or 155 mi	Pearland	$2150
252 km or 156 mi	Burleson	$2175
252 km or 157 mi	Midlothian	$2193
256 km or 159 mi	Pasadena	$2228
258 km or 160 mi	Alvin	$2072
260 km or 161 mi	Friendswood	$2136
260 km or 161 mi	Mansfield	$2302

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562