Haiphong vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Haiphong	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$562	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1398	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$251	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$443	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$189	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.6	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	61
😀 Quality of life	58	63
🏙️ Population	2.09M	1.42M

The cost of living in Haiphong is 10% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8171st and 8604th ($562 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 22nd in Vietnam and Ukraine, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Haiphong compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Haiphong ranked 4th best city to live in Vietnam vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6112th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Haiphong vs Kharkiv

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	Haiphong	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.53	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$361	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.1	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.77	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.02%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1241	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.74	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.91	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.17	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.65	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.28	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.77	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.81	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.9	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.12	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.9	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$151	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4514	$3156

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Cities near Haiphong

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Hai Duong	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Ha Long	$559
52 km or 32 mi	Thai Binh	$556
67 km or 42 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
68 km or 42 mi	Cam Pha	$551
77 km or 48 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
89 km or 55 mi	Hanoi	$652
123 km or 76 mi	Thai Nguyen	$461
144 km or 89 mi	Viet Tri	$569
144 km or 90 mi	Thanh Hoa	$568
191 km or 119 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
194 km or 120 mi	Chongzuo	$568
239 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
258 km or 160 mi	Vinh	$560
263 km or 163 mi	Beihai	$652
282 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
285 km or 177 mi	Ha Tinh	$539
340 km or 211 mi	Sa Pa	$529
345 km or 214 mi	Baise	$571
369 km or 229 mi	Dong Hoi	$483
380 km or 236 mi	Wenshan	$563
390 km or 243 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
390 km or 243 mi	Haikou	$677
397 km or 246 mi	Guigang	$693
410 km or 255 mi	Sanya	$758
413 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
420 km or 261 mi	Laibin	$598
426 km or 265 mi	Thakhek	$1139
451 km or 280 mi	Maoming	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Gaozhou	$780
457 km or 284 mi	Hechi	$574
482 km or 299 mi	Liuzhou	$574
483 km or 300 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
487 km or 303 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
491 km or 305 mi	Hue	$372
510 km or 317 mi	Xingyi	$560
530 km or 329 mi	Vientiane	$1152
555 km or 345 mi	Da Nang	$615
558 km or 346 mi	Udon Thani	$578
561 km or 349 mi	Yangjiang	$892

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