Essen vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Essen Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1561
$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3822
$1275
🏠 One person rent
$682
$200
🏘️ Family rent
$1155
$342
🍽️ Food expenses
$545
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$177
$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3475
$459
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
25 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
96
61
😀 Quality of life
95
63
🏙️ Population
587K
1.42M

The cost of living in Essen is 213% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 3860th and 8722nd ($1561 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 496th and 24th in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Essen compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Essen ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 17th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Essen vs Kharkiv

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Essen Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$17
$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$66.1
$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$12.1
$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.31
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$3.94
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.79
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$602
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$468
$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1064
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$848
$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$145
$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$223
$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$41.6
$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.92%
17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4998
$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3089
$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$4.22
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$71.5
$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$29.4
$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.94
$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.26
$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.99
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.94
$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.77
$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12
$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$24.5
$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.31
$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.3
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.28
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.51
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.31
$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.82
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.11
$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.03
$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$9.59
$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.6
$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.77
$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.6
$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.62
$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.5
$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$15.6
$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$90
$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple
$15.3
$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans
$96.5
$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$102
$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$471
$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$10028
$2953

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Cities near Essen

Distance City Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi Gelsenkirchen
$1508
9.6 km or 6 mi Mulheim
$1592
10 km or 6.3 mi Bottrop
$1481
11 km or 7.1 mi Oberhausen
$1642
12 km or 7.8 mi Velbert
$1579
13 km or 8.3 mi Hattingen
$1573
14 km or 8.4 mi Gladbeck
$1549
14 km or 8.8 mi Heiligenhaus
$1588
15 km or 9 mi Bochum
$1561
18 km or 11 mi Herne
$1638
18 km or 11 mi Duisburg
$1467
19 km or 12 mi Herten
$1570
19 km or 12 mi Wulfrath
$1588
19 km or 12 mi Sprockhovel
$1575
20 km or 13 mi Ratingen
$1639
22 km or 14 mi Witten
$1622
23 km or 14 mi Recklinghausen
$1548
23 km or 14 mi Mettmann
$1620
23 km or 14 mi Dinslaken
$1563
24 km or 15 mi Dorsten
$1567
24 km or 15 mi Castrop-Rauxel
$1584
24 km or 15 mi Wuppertal
$1486
25 km or 16 mi Marl
$1572
26 km or 16 mi Erkrath
$1661
27 km or 17 mi Schwelm
$1565
27 km or 17 mi Oer-Erkenschwick
$1570
27 km or 17 mi Moers
$1571
27 km or 17 mi Wetter
$1579
28 km or 17 mi Gevelsberg
$1574
28 km or 18 mi Voerde
$1578
28 km or 18 mi Ennepetal
$1564
29 km or 18 mi Haan
$1640
30 km or 18 mi Dusseldorf
$1944
30 km or 18 mi Herdecke
$1566
30 km or 19 mi Rheinberg
$1579
31 km or 20 mi Hilden
$1673
32 km or 20 mi Neukirchen-Vluyn
$1584
32 km or 20 mi Waltrop
$1614
32 km or 20 mi Solingen
$1663
32 km or 20 mi Datteln
$1587

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