Houston vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$388
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	91	56
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.42M

The cost of living in Houston is 348% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1229th and 8600th ($2265 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th and 20th 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 1.9 months in Houston compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 97th and 5713th 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	$17.2	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$3129

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549