Gothenburg vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gothenburg	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1864	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4287	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$914	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$1596	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3974	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	61
😀 Quality of life	92	63
🏙️ Population	675K	1.42M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 274% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2599th and 8722nd ($1864 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 24th in Sweden and Ukraine, respectively. Check Sweden vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Gothenburg ranked 3rd best city to live in Sweden vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 83rd and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Kharkiv

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	Gothenburg	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.1	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.79	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$976	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$756	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.4	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.58%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6682	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4044	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.11	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.5	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.1	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.05	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.53	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.8	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.6	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.6	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.7	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4729	$2953

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1738
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1612
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1491
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1405
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1588
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1469
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1563
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1412
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1581
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1633
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1864
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1549
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1594
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1890
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1562
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2262
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$2018
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$2042
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1641
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1986
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$2123
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2364
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2158
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2273
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$2073
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1412
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1667
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1965
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1562
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$2079
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1966
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1957
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2429
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1959
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1481

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