Essen vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Essen Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1519
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3604
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$759
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$1284
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$474
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$146
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$3220
$386
😷 Air quality
Good
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
25 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
95
60
😀 Quality of life
95
57
🏙️ Population
579K
1.43M

The cost of living in Essen is 184% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 3358th and 8242nd ($1519 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 247th and 10th 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 4th best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 32nd and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Essen Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$12.5
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$54.2
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.3
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.1
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.29
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.57
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$639
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$505
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1100
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$925
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$186
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$282
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$41.6
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
3.99%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4207
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5688
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$3.28
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$59.6
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$23.9
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.8
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.16
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.25
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.28
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.2
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.2
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.58
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.79
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.31
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.41
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.77
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.98
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.61
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.9
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.97
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.16
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.5
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.53
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.45
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.49
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.3
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.2
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$83.1
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.4
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$91.4
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$96.4
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$426
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9133
$1310

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Cities near Essen

Distance City Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi Gelsenkirchen
$1350
9.6 km or 6 mi Mulheim
$1402
10 km or 6.3 mi Bottrop
$1267
11 km or 7.1 mi Oberhausen
$1384
12 km or 7.8 mi Velbert
$1387
13 km or 8.3 mi Hattingen
$1389
14 km or 8.4 mi Gladbeck
$1375
14 km or 8.8 mi Heiligenhaus
$1412
15 km or 9 mi Bochum
$1471
18 km or 11 mi Herne
$1558
18 km or 11 mi Duisburg
$1395
19 km or 12 mi Herten
$1424
19 km or 12 mi Wulfrath
$1369
19 km or 12 mi Sprockhovel
$1356
20 km or 13 mi Ratingen
$1470
22 km or 14 mi Witten
$1286
23 km or 14 mi Recklinghausen
$1407
23 km or 14 mi Mettmann
$1432
23 km or 14 mi Dinslaken
$1387
24 km or 15 mi Dorsten
$1399
24 km or 15 mi Castrop-Rauxel
$1430
24 km or 15 mi Wuppertal
$1124
25 km or 16 mi Marl
$1415
26 km or 16 mi Erkrath
$1493
27 km or 17 mi Schwelm
$1318
27 km or 17 mi Oer-Erkenschwick
$1422
27 km or 17 mi Moers
$1417
27 km or 17 mi Wetter
$1373
28 km or 17 mi Gevelsberg
$1367
28 km or 18 mi Voerde
$1396
28 km or 18 mi Ennepetal
$1351
29 km or 18 mi Haan
$1458
30 km or 18 mi Dusseldorf
$1776
30 km or 18 mi Herdecke
$1388
30 km or 19 mi Rheinberg
$1394
31 km or 20 mi Hilden
$1501
32 km or 20 mi Neukirchen-Vluyn
$1409
32 km or 20 mi Waltrop
$1407
32 km or 20 mi Solingen
$1511
32 km or 20 mi Datteln
$1410

Cities near Kharkiv

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