Edmonton vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Edmonton	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1878	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1038	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1712	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$570	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3113	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	64	61
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.42M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 276% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2524th and 8722nd ($1878 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th and 24th in Canada and Ukraine, respectively. Check Canada vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Edmonton ranked 19th best city to live in Canada vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 193rd and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Kharkiv

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	Edmonton	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.72	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1034	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1752	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1381	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.7%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2368	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2313	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.74	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.3	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.71	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.58	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.44	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.9	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.4	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.9	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$762	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10028	$2953

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1775
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1841
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2118
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1801
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1815
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1993
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1672
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1773
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1956
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2315
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1762
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2187
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2156
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2470
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2544
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1697
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1899
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2054
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2237
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2457
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2540
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2526
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2361
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562