Gothenburg vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gothenburg	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1879	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4293	$1256
🏠 One person rent	$949	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1652	$336
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3784	$493
😷 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 275% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2470th and 8662nd ($1879 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 23rd in Sweden and Ukraine, respectively. Check Sweden vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Gothenburg compared to 1 months in Kharkiv. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 91st and 5430th 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	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.93	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$950	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$821	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1735	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.33%	17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6539	$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.93	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.3	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.02	$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.93	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.2	$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4650	$2841

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1723
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1544
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1441
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1358
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1574
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1424
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1578
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1490
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1483
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1503
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1877
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1429
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1479
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1855
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1478
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2401
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$2018
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$2053
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1535
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$2029
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$2157
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2220
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2135
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2195
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$2071
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1423
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1723
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1980
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1481
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$2084
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$2002
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1993
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2334
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1984
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1423

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591