Cologne vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Cologne Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1744
$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4212
$1360
🏠 One person rent
$947
$207
🏘️ Family rent
$1673
$413
🍽️ Food expenses
$491
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$174
$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3148
$388
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
92
60
😀 Quality of life
96
56
🏙️ Population
1.09M
1.42M

The cost of living in Cologne is 245% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2551st and 8600th ($1744 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 20th in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 12th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Kharkiv

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Cologne Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$13.1
$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$61.3
$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.4
$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.67
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$3.64
$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$3.1
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$963
$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$743
$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1902
$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1332
$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$120
$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$186
$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$40.4
$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.01%
17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6163
$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5539
$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.35
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$56.6
$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$22.1
$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.83
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.23
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.8
$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.69
$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.95
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.5
$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.2
$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.1
$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.71
$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.55
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.06
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.26
$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.64
$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.64
$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.64
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.22
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.56
$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.09
$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$8.17
$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.2
$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.75
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.5
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$32.5
$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.9
$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$49.2
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$18.4
$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans
$94.7
$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$103
$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$773
$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15595
$3129

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Distance City Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi Hurth
$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi Leverkusen
$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi Frechen
$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi Bruhl
$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi Pulheim
$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi Wesseling
$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi Bergisch Gladbach
$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi Niederkassel
$1551
16 km or 10 mi Rosrath
$1536
18 km or 11 mi Monheim am Rhein
$1576
19 km or 12 mi Dormagen
$1561
19 km or 12 mi Erftstadt
$1534
19 km or 12 mi Langenfeld
$1577
20 km or 12 mi Troisdorf
$1544
20 km or 12 mi Leichlingen
$1559
20 km or 12 mi Kerpen
$1529
21 km or 13 mi Bornheim
$1554
21 km or 13 mi Lohmar
$1523
22 km or 14 mi Bergheim
$1518
23 km or 15 mi Siegburg
$1522
24 km or 15 mi Overath
$1497
25 km or 16 mi Sankt Augustin
$1542
25 km or 16 mi Bonn
$1677
26 km or 16 mi Hilden
$1522
26 km or 16 mi Solingen
$1580
27 km or 17 mi Elsdorf
$1502
28 km or 17 mi Wermelskirchen
$1497
28 km or 17 mi Haan
$1517
28 km or 18 mi Bedburg
$1504
29 km or 18 mi Hennef
$1494
31 km or 19 mi Grevenbroich
$1499
31 km or 19 mi Remscheid
$1494
31 km or 20 mi Erkrath
$1516
33 km or 20 mi Konigswinter
$1446
34 km or 21 mi Euskirchen
$1503
34 km or 21 mi Neuss
$1495
34 km or 21 mi Mettmann
$1479
35 km or 21 mi Zulpich
$1490
35 km or 21 mi Meckenheim
$1500
35 km or 22 mi Dusseldorf
$1772

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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