Essen vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Essen Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1443
$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3513
$1360
🏠 One person rent
$690
$207
🏘️ Family rent
$1216
$413
🍽️ Food expenses
$461
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$150
$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2980
$388
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
25 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
96
60
😀 Quality of life
94
56
🏙️ Population
587K
1.42M

The cost of living in Essen is 185% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 3685th and 8600th ($1443 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 413th and 20th 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Essen ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 33rd and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Essen Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$13
$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$49.2
$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.4
$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.01
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$3.1
$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
$574
$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$444
$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1177
$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$833
$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$180
$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$274
$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$40.1
$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.97%
17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4052
$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3401
$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.43
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$56
$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$25.9
$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.73
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.1
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.76
$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.38
$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.2
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.3
$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.7
$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.8
$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.74
$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.18
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.75
$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.49
$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.62
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.85
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.49
$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.92
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$7.99
$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.5
$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.46
$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.42
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.44
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$29.7
$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$13.8
$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$80.3
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.6
$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans
$89.2
$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$92.3
$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$417
$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$8902
$3129

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Distance City Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi Gelsenkirchen
$1418
9.6 km or 6 mi Mulheim
$1434
10 km or 6.3 mi Bottrop
$1367
11 km or 7.1 mi Oberhausen
$1485
12 km or 7.8 mi Velbert
$1428
13 km or 8.3 mi Hattingen
$1444
14 km or 8.4 mi Gladbeck
$1422
14 km or 8.8 mi Heiligenhaus
$1444
15 km or 9 mi Bochum
$1486
18 km or 11 mi Herne
$1559
18 km or 11 mi Duisburg
$1314
19 km or 12 mi Herten
$1438
19 km or 12 mi Wulfrath
$1433
19 km or 12 mi Sprockhovel
$1431
20 km or 13 mi Ratingen
$1497
22 km or 14 mi Witten
$1489
23 km or 14 mi Recklinghausen
$1407
23 km or 14 mi Mettmann
$1479
23 km or 14 mi Dinslaken
$1430
24 km or 15 mi Dorsten
$1430
24 km or 15 mi Castrop-Rauxel
$1464
24 km or 15 mi Wuppertal
$1233
25 km or 16 mi Marl
$1435
26 km or 16 mi Erkrath
$1516
27 km or 17 mi Schwelm
$1404
27 km or 17 mi Oer-Erkenschwick
$1432
27 km or 17 mi Moers
$1439
27 km or 17 mi Wetter
$1451
28 km or 17 mi Gevelsberg
$1435
28 km or 18 mi Voerde
$1434
28 km or 18 mi Ennepetal
$1431
29 km or 18 mi Haan
$1517
30 km or 18 mi Dusseldorf
$1772
30 km or 18 mi Herdecke
$1455
30 km or 19 mi Rheinberg
$1435
31 km or 20 mi Hilden
$1522
32 km or 20 mi Neukirchen-Vluyn
$1445
32 km or 20 mi Waltrop
$1459
32 km or 20 mi Solingen
$1580
32 km or 20 mi Datteln
$1448

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Distance City Cost of living
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$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