Boston vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated:

Livingcost

Boston Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$3467
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$7682
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$2394
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$3923
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$726
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$146
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$5787
$361
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
5 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
100
60
😀 Quality of life
92
56
🏙️ Population
676K
1.42M

The cost of living in Boston is 589% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 32nd and 8657th ($3467 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 17th 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 1.7 months in Boston compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Boston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 89th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Boston vs Kharkiv infographic

Share this infographic!

Prices in Boston vs Kharkiv

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

Boston Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$21.3
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$93.5
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$13.1
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$8.4
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$5.78
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$3.16
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$2739
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$2042
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$4881
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3321
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$144
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$222
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$68.4
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.53%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$11569
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6730
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.4
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$90.4
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18
$3.44
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.95
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.21
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.86
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.86
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.16
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$17.4
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.7
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.07
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.14
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.77
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.47
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.73
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.78
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.76
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.74
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.1
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.72
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$13.4
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.76
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$8.03
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.03
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$81
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$16.1
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$164
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$21.7
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$60.7
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$100
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$2437
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$25118
$2513

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

More cities to compare

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Boston

Distance City Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi Cambridge
$3756
4.4 km or 2.7 mi Chelsea
$3040
4.5 km or 2.8 mi Somerville
$3647
5.6 km or 3.5 mi Everett
$2916
5.7 km or 3.5 mi Brookline
$3093
6.9 km or 4.3 mi Revere
$2932
7.4 km or 4.6 mi Malden
$3008
7.6 km or 4.7 mi Medford
$2349
10 km or 6.2 mi Belmont
$2951
10 km or 6.2 mi Arlington
$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi Watertown
$2913
11 km or 6.9 mi Melrose
$2826
12 km or 7.5 mi Milton
$2938
12 km or 7.5 mi Winchester
$2755
12 km or 7.7 mi Newton
$2790
13 km or 7.8 mi Saugus
$2897
13 km or 8.1 mi Quincy
$3122
14 km or 8.6 mi Stoneham
$2778
14 km or 8.9 mi Waltham
$2817
15 km or 9.4 mi Lynn
$3172
15 km or 9.5 mi Woburn
$2735
16 km or 9.6 mi Dedham
$2869
16 km or 10 mi Needham
$2797
16 km or 10 mi Lexington
$2746
16 km or 10 mi Wakefield
$2846
18 km or 11 mi Braintree
$2925
18 km or 11 mi Weymouth
$2920
19 km or 12 mi Reading
$2773
19 km or 12 mi Hingham
$2869
20 km or 12 mi Burlington
$2443
20 km or 13 mi Wellesley
$2798
21 km or 13 mi Norwood
$2804
22 km or 14 mi Peabody
$2878
22 km or 14 mi Randolph
$2848
22 km or 14 mi Salem
$3005
23 km or 14 mi Wilmington
$2607
23 km or 14 mi Marblehead
$2853
23 km or 14 mi Canton
$2815
25 km or 16 mi Natick
$2961
26 km or 16 mi Stoughton
$2803

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$451
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$473
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$449
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$533
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$415
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$447
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$457
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$679
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$506
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$576
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$421
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$546
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$456
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$469
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$405
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$508
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$419
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$432
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$471
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$491
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$513
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$465
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$450
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$422
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$534
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$627
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$572
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$795
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$469
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$375
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$416
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$508
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$507
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$537
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$529