Essen vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Essen Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1525
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3787
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$681
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$1217
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$499
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$197
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3234
$361
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
25 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
95
60
😀 Quality of life
95
56
🏙️ Population
585K
1.42M

The cost of living in Essen is 203% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 3595th and 8657th ($1525 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 17th in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Essen compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Essen ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 31st and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Essen Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$13.6
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$55.9
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$11.2
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.25
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.32
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.49
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$623
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$470
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1267
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$888
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$138
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$210
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$43.1
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.99%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4052
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3592
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.52
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$59.9
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$39.9
$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.85
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.21
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.9
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.58
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.42
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.9
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.6
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.89
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.71
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.26
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.06
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.7
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.69
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.99
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.8
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.98
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.47
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.7
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.63
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.5
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.53
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.6
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.9
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$86.5
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.4
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$94.7
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$97.9
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$440
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9380
$2513

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Cities near Essen

Distance City Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi Gelsenkirchen
$1439
9.6 km or 6 mi Mulheim
$1497
10 km or 6.3 mi Bottrop
$1441
11 km or 7.1 mi Oberhausen
$1543
12 km or 7.8 mi Velbert
$1465
13 km or 8.3 mi Hattingen
$1470
14 km or 8.4 mi Gladbeck
$1472
14 km or 8.8 mi Heiligenhaus
$1489
15 km or 9 mi Bochum
$1618
18 km or 11 mi Herne
$1586
18 km or 11 mi Duisburg
$1425
19 km or 12 mi Herten
$1486
19 km or 12 mi Wulfrath
$1464
19 km or 12 mi Sprockhovel
$1442
20 km or 13 mi Ratingen
$1548
22 km or 14 mi Witten
$1378
23 km or 14 mi Recklinghausen
$1451
23 km or 14 mi Mettmann
$1527
23 km or 14 mi Dinslaken
$1477
24 km or 15 mi Dorsten
$1480
24 km or 15 mi Castrop-Rauxel
$1490
24 km or 15 mi Wuppertal
$1206
25 km or 16 mi Marl
$1477
26 km or 16 mi Erkrath
$1571
27 km or 17 mi Schwelm
$1419
27 km or 17 mi Oer-Erkenschwick
$1462
27 km or 17 mi Moers
$1461
27 km or 17 mi Wetter
$1466
28 km or 17 mi Gevelsberg
$1457
28 km or 18 mi Voerde
$1480
28 km or 18 mi Ennepetal
$1451
29 km or 18 mi Haan
$1558
30 km or 18 mi Dusseldorf
$1861
30 km or 18 mi Herdecke
$1472
30 km or 19 mi Rheinberg
$1480
31 km or 20 mi Hilden
$1578
32 km or 20 mi Neukirchen-Vluyn
$1469
32 km or 20 mi Waltrop
$1376
32 km or 20 mi Solingen
$1652
32 km or 20 mi Datteln
$1431

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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