Chicago vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Chicago Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2613
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$6659
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$1594
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$3123
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$649
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$210
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$5285
$386
😷 Air quality
Good
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
100
60
😀 Quality of life
96
57
🏙️ Population
2.75M
1.43M

The cost of living in Chicago is 389% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 505th and 8242nd ($2613 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 455th and 10th 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 Chicago compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Chicago ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 16th and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Chicago Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$17.5
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$80.3
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.6
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$6.98
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$5.12
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.87
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1958
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1297
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3908
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2652
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$103
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$158
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$61.2
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.64%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3227
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2803
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.52
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$87.1
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$15.1
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.1
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.04
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.79
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.74
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.8
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.8
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.5
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.9
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.27
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.02
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.53
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.42
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.8
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.53
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.9
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.1
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.65
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$15.7
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.23
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.71
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.85
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.94
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$73.1
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.8
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$78.7
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$28.3
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$61.8
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$99.6
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$2675
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15494
$1310

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Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi Cicero
$2476
14 km or 8.8 mi Berwyn
$2544
14 km or 8.9 mi Oak Park
$2446
16 km or 10 mi Elmwood Park
$2346
18 km or 11 mi Maywood
$2387
18 km or 11 mi Evanston
$2199
19 km or 12 mi Skokie
$2257
19 km or 12 mi Burbank
$2326
20 km or 12 mi Melrose Park
$2317
21 km or 13 mi Oak Lawn
$2300
22 km or 14 mi Morton Grove
$2290
22 km or 14 mi Niles
$2323
23 km or 14 mi Park Ridge
$2295
23 km or 14 mi Wilmette
$2245
25 km or 16 mi Blue Island
$2282
26 km or 16 mi Elmhurst
$2244
27 km or 17 mi Glenview
$2264
28 km or 17 mi Des Plaines
$2215
28 km or 18 mi Dolton
$2264
29 km or 18 mi Villa Park
$2204
30 km or 19 mi Harvey
$2258
30 km or 19 mi East Chicago
$2013
30 km or 19 mi Westmont
$2248
31 km or 19 mi Calumet
$2258
31 km or 20 mi South Holland
$2240
32 km or 20 mi Lombard
$2162
32 km or 20 mi Hammond
$2030
32 km or 20 mi Oak Forest
$2257
33 km or 20 mi Northbrook
$2253
33 km or 20 mi Mount Prospect
$2269
33 km or 20 mi Darien
$2250
33 km or 21 mi Elk Grove Village
$2267
34 km or 21 mi Downers Grove
$2264
35 km or 22 mi Orland Park
$2238
36 km or 22 mi Lansing
$2239
36 km or 22 mi Glen Ellyn
$2089
37 km or 23 mi Highland Park
$2221
37 km or 23 mi Munster
$2038
37 km or 23 mi Tinley Park
$2241
37 km or 23 mi Wheeling
$2240

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$439
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495