Chiang Mai vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chiang Mai	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$291	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$597	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$89	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$680	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	56	60
😀 Quality of life	64	56
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.42M

The cost of living in Chiang Mai is 37% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6939th and 8600th ($691 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 20th in Thailand and Ukraine, respectively. Check Thailand vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Chiang Mai compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Chiang Mai ranked 3rd best city to live in Thailand vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 4535th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiang Mai vs Kharkiv

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	Chiang Mai	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.78	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.11	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$759	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$461	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.3	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2045	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1110	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.7	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.46	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.21	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.36	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.48	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14196	$3129

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chiang Mai

Distance	City	Cost of living
86 km or 53 mi	Pai	$633
153 km or 95 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
255 km or 158 mi	Hpa-an	$610
258 km or 160 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
294 km or 183 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
306 km or 190 mi	Taunggyi	$660
308 km or 191 mi	Bago	$650
317 km or 197 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
353 km or 219 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
363 km or 226 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
365 km or 227 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
373 km or 232 mi	Yangon	$705
392 km or 244 mi	Vientiane	$1163
404 km or 251 mi	Jinghong	$604
426 km or 265 mi	Udon Thani	$543
466 km or 289 mi	Mandalay	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
489 km or 304 mi	Pu'er	$625
503 km or 313 mi	Pathein	$778
537 km or 334 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
545 km or 339 mi	Monywa	$661
551 km or 342 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
561 km or 349 mi	Rangsit	$595
564 km or 351 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
578 km or 359 mi	Lincang	$628
584 km or 363 mi	Bangkok	$941
597 km or 371 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
597 km or 371 mi	Lat Luang	$753
634 km or 394 mi	Thakhek	$1161
641 km or 398 mi	Sa Pa	$553
656 km or 407 mi	Sittwe	$678
666 km or 414 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
667 km or 415 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
681 km or 423 mi	Pattaya	$781
685 km or 426 mi	Nong Prue	$752
699 km or 435 mi	Hua Hin	$656
704 km or 438 mi	Baoshan	$632
707 km or 439 mi	Vinh	$579

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