Detroit vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Detroit Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1979
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$4857
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$1158
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$2113
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$587
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$97.6
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4187
$386
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
77
60
😀 Quality of life
89
57
🏙️ Population
639K
1.43M

The cost of living in Detroit is 270% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1843rd and 8242nd ($1979 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1594th 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 2.1 months in Detroit compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Detroit ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 172nd and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Detroit Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$14.1
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$65.4
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$9.96
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.69
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$4.84
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.1
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1199
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$872
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2954
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1523
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$152
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$235
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$68.1
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.48%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1060
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$975
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.01
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$53.7
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$12.8
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.9
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.91
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.98
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.8
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.62
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.8
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.8
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$23.1
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.1
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.36
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.1
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.2
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.13
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.82
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.66
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.25
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.62
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.81
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.5
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.58
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.63
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.89
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$29.5
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.4
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$107
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$16.8
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$42.8
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$84.4
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1283
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16868
$1310

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Distance City Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi Windsor
$1790
7.4 km or 4.6 mi Hamtramck
$1935
14 km or 8.6 mi Dearborn
$1882
15 km or 9.1 mi Lincoln Park
$1848
16 km or 9.8 mi Allen Park
$1847
16 km or 10 mi Ferndale
$1906
17 km or 10 mi Wyandotte
$1749
17 km or 11 mi Eastpointe
$1887
18 km or 11 mi Madison Heights
$1881
18 km or 11 mi Warren
$1828
19 km or 12 mi Oak Park
$1932
19 km or 12 mi Southgate
$1841
19 km or 12 mi Royal Oak
$1905
20 km or 12 mi Dearborn Heights
$1912
21 km or 13 mi Roseville
$1893
21 km or 13 mi Taylor
$1718
21 km or 13 mi Southfield
$1954
22 km or 14 mi St. Clair Shores
$1900
22 km or 14 mi Inkster
$1877
24 km or 15 mi Garden
$1935
26 km or 16 mi Amherstburg
$1813
27 km or 17 mi Birmingham
$1904
28 km or 17 mi Sterling Heights
$1939
28 km or 17 mi Livonia
$1934
29 km or 18 mi Troy
$1753
29 km or 18 mi Westland
$1950
30 km or 19 mi Clinton Township
$1903
31 km or 19 mi Romulus
$1899
32 km or 20 mi Farmington Hills
$1748
37 km or 23 mi Rochester Hills
$1898
39 km or 24 mi Novi
$2298
40 km or 25 mi Pontiac
$1921
42 km or 26 mi Auburn Hills
$1928
54 km or 34 mi Monroe
$1632
58 km or 36 mi Ann Arbor
$2104
71 km or 44 mi Chatham-Kent
$1856
86 km or 54 mi Toledo
$1704
88 km or 54 mi Burton
$1529
88 km or 54 mi Port Huron
$1890
89 km or 55 mi Sarnia
$1614

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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