Detroit vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Detroit Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2064
$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4936
$1360
🏠 One person rent
$1212
$207
🏘️ Family rent
$2122
$413
🍽️ Food expenses
$605
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$109
$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3270
$388
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
77
60
😀 Quality of life
86
56
🏙️ Population
639K
1.42M

The cost of living in Detroit is 308% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1678th and 8600th ($2064 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th and 20th 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 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 315th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Detroit Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$17.3
$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$65.3
$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10
$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.59
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$4.88
$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.45
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1182
$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$960
$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2340
$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1705
$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$148
$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$231
$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$59.6
$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.48%
17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1377
$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1283
$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.98
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$65.1
$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$13.9
$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.9
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.86
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.9
$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.79
$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12
$4.05
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.2
$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.9
$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.6
$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.58
$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.19
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.32
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.84
$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.29
$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.5
$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.38
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$3.09
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.6
$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.03
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.76
$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.7
$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$6.93
$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.48
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.74
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$39.7
$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12
$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$94.7
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$18.6
$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans
$48.7
$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$85.9
$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1288
$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16893
$3129

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Distance City Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi Windsor
$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi Hamtramck
$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi Dearborn
$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi Lincoln Park
$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi Allen Park
$2070
16 km or 10 mi Ferndale
$2086
17 km or 10 mi Wyandotte
$1786
17 km or 11 mi Eastpointe
$2017
18 km or 11 mi Madison Heights
$2102
18 km or 11 mi Warren
$1957
19 km or 12 mi Oak Park
$2071
19 km or 12 mi Southgate
$1936
19 km or 12 mi Royal Oak
$2093
20 km or 12 mi Dearborn Heights
$2062
21 km or 13 mi Roseville
$2022
21 km or 13 mi Taylor
$2175
21 km or 13 mi Southfield
$2083
22 km or 14 mi St. Clair Shores
$2030
22 km or 14 mi Inkster
$2087
24 km or 15 mi Garden
$2032
26 km or 16 mi Amherstburg
$1724
27 km or 17 mi Birmingham
$2059
28 km or 17 mi Sterling Heights
$2040
28 km or 17 mi Livonia
$1940
29 km or 18 mi Troy
$1963
29 km or 18 mi Westland
$2065
30 km or 19 mi Clinton Township
$2077
31 km or 19 mi Romulus
$2081
32 km or 20 mi Farmington Hills
$2390
37 km or 23 mi Rochester Hills
$2019
39 km or 24 mi Novi
$2288
40 km or 25 mi Pontiac
$1837
42 km or 26 mi Auburn Hills
$1959
54 km or 34 mi Monroe
$1706
58 km or 36 mi Ann Arbor
$2238
71 km or 44 mi Chatham-Kent
$1778
86 km or 54 mi Toledo
$1593
88 km or 54 mi Burton
$1607
88 km or 54 mi Port Huron
$1943
89 km or 55 mi Sarnia
$1527

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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