Houston vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Houston	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5394	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2031	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$603	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$201	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4606	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	61
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.42M

The cost of living in Houston is 354% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1354th and 8722nd ($2265 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1137th and 24th in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Houston compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Houston ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 16th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Kharkiv

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	Houston	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.7	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.6	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.52	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1003	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2380	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1609	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2542	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.3	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.19	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.17	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.5	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.92	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.9	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1729	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22380	$2953

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2228
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2150
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2094
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2112
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2136
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2297
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2386
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2102
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2072
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2048
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1836
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1897
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2112
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2022
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1605
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1913
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$2000
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1900
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1887
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2226
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$1971
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1904
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2444
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2027
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2153
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2237
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2125
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2229
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2200
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2187
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2285
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2221

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