Gothenburg vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gothenburg	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4155	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$902	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1552	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$582	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3793	$434
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	61
😀 Quality of life	94	63
🏙️ Population	675K	1.42M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 257% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2645th and 8604th ($1823 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 22nd 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 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 68th and 5547th 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	$13.7	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.2	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.34	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$955	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$735	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1688	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1310	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6255	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4279	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.9	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.7	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.5	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.07	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.1	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.5	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.1	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4093	$3156

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1684
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1503
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1444
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1362
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1529
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1551
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1866
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1502
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1516
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1761
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1485
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1977
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1830
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2280
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2088
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2184
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1421
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1658
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1830
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1460
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1949
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2379
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1882
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1397

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586