Cologne vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Cologne Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1851
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4479
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$1019
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$1819
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$510
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$184
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3275
$361
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
92
60
😀 Quality of life
97
56
🏙️ Population
1.08M
1.42M

The cost of living in Cologne is 268% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2308th and 8657th ($1851 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 17th 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 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 16th and 5755th 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
$14
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$61.8
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.8
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.71
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$3.81
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.9
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1023
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$801
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2061
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1459
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$129
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$195
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$44
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6540
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5856
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.56
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$59.6
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$23.2
$3.44
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.98
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.32
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.91
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.85
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.09
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.9
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.7
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.84
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.21
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.81
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.74
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.71
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.57
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.34
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.37
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.07
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.82
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$8.07
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.35
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.86
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.6
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$32
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.7
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$51.7
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$19.9
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$103
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$102
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$822
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16860
$2513

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Distance City Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi Hurth
$1610
10 km or 6.4 mi Leverkusen
$1947
10 km or 6.4 mi Frechen
$1636
13 km or 7.9 mi Bruhl
$1529
13 km or 7.9 mi Pulheim
$1638
14 km or 8.4 mi Wesseling
$1576
14 km or 8.5 mi Bergisch Gladbach
$1557
15 km or 9.3 mi Niederkassel
$1593
16 km or 10 mi Rosrath
$1577
18 km or 11 mi Monheim am Rhein
$1647
19 km or 12 mi Dormagen
$1620
19 km or 12 mi Erftstadt
$1563
19 km or 12 mi Langenfeld
$1634
20 km or 12 mi Troisdorf
$1586
20 km or 12 mi Leichlingen
$1612
20 km or 12 mi Kerpen
$1580
21 km or 13 mi Bornheim
$1606
21 km or 13 mi Lohmar
$1566
22 km or 14 mi Bergheim
$1582
23 km or 15 mi Siegburg
$1572
24 km or 15 mi Overath
$1530
25 km or 16 mi Sankt Augustin
$1594
25 km or 16 mi Bonn
$1765
26 km or 16 mi Hilden
$1578
26 km or 16 mi Solingen
$1652
27 km or 17 mi Elsdorf
$1564
28 km or 17 mi Wermelskirchen
$1493
28 km or 17 mi Haan
$1558
28 km or 18 mi Bedburg
$1569
29 km or 18 mi Hennef
$1531
31 km or 19 mi Grevenbroich
$1567
31 km or 19 mi Remscheid
$1415
31 km or 20 mi Erkrath
$1571
33 km or 20 mi Konigswinter
$1453
34 km or 21 mi Euskirchen
$1550
34 km or 21 mi Neuss
$1566
34 km or 21 mi Mettmann
$1527
35 km or 21 mi Zulpich
$1548
35 km or 21 mi Meckenheim
$1542
35 km or 22 mi Dusseldorf
$1861

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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