Columbus vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Columbus Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2202
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5415
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$1315
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$2574
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$608
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$120
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3975
$386
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
10 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
72
60
😀 Quality of life
87
57
🏙️ Population
906K
1.43M

The cost of living in Columbus is 312% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1282nd and 8242nd ($2202 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 202nd and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Columbus Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$18.1
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$69.5
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.8
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.03
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$4.89
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.5
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1415
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1025
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2997
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2104
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$142
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$221
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$70.2
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.35%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3125
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3122
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.99
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$64.9
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$13
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.89
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.91
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.76
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.99
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.58
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.5
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.9
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.8
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.68
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.24
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.58
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.68
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.73
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.58
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.35
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.8
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.95
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.9
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.4
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.72
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.03
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.22
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$43
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.1
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$116
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$21.4
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$64.7
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$88.3
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1244
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$10456
$1310

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$2116
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$2107
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$2030
15 km or 9 mi Hilliard
$2125
17 km or 11 mi Reynoldsburg
$2046
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$2124
19 km or 12 mi Westerville
$1805
22 km or 13 mi Pickerington
$2032
38 km or 24 mi Delaware
$1985
43 km or 27 mi Lancaster
$1935
43 km or 27 mi Marysville
$2010
51 km or 32 mi Newark
$1905
69 km or 43 mi Springfield
$1787
70 km or 43 mi Chillicothe
$1849
70 km or 44 mi Marion
$1900
84 km or 52 mi Zanesville
$1853
86 km or 53 mi Xenia
$1767
89 km or 55 mi Fairborn
$1642
94 km or 59 mi Beavercreek
$1747
97 km or 60 mi Huber Heights
$1761
97 km or 60 mi Mansfield
$1823
98 km or 61 mi Riverside
$1787
103 km or 64 mi Kettering
$1798
103 km or 64 mi Troy
$1844
104 km or 65 mi Athens
$1558
104 km or 65 mi Centerville
$1791
105 km or 65 mi Dayton
$1721
105 km or 65 mi Sidney
$2055
108 km or 67 mi Piqua
$1919
112 km or 69 mi Trotwood
$1803
116 km or 72 mi Ashland
$1587
120 km or 74 mi Lebanon
$1857
128 km or 80 mi Middletown
$1486
128 km or 80 mi Lima
$1886
130 km or 81 mi Wooster
$1768
131 km or 81 mi Mason
$1844
132 km or 82 mi Findlay
$1819
136 km or 84 mi Portsmouth
$1491
144 km or 90 mi New Philadelphia
$1659
146 km or 91 mi Norwalk
$1861

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$439
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$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