Houston vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Houston Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2248
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5589
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$1325
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$2490
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$564
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$201
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4672
$361
😷 Air quality
Good
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
16 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
100
60
😀 Quality of life
92
56
🏙️ Population
2.3M
1.42M

The cost of living in Houston is 347% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1258th and 8657th ($2248 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1108th and 17th 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 2.1 months in Houston compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Houston ranked 13th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 82nd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Houston Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$16.2
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$66.3
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$9.71
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.52
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$5.31
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.49
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1392
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1059
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2964
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2036
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$132
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$200
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$68
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.66%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2925
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2076
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.25
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$71.1
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$21.7
$3.44
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.79
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.92
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.07
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.33
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.95
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.7
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.3
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.9
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.51
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.3
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.69
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.02
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.71
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.43
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.46
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$3.15
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$14.9
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.02
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.66
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$9.31
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.09
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.86
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.26
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$37.9
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.7
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$110
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$19.9
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$49.2
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$103
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1368
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$22908
$2513

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Distance City Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi Pasadena
$2101
25 km or 15 mi Pearland
$2080
25 km or 16 mi Missouri
$2143
27 km or 17 mi Deer Park
$2089
29 km or 18 mi Sugar Land
$2164
32 km or 20 mi Spring
$2093
33 km or 21 mi Friendswood
$2035
35 km or 22 mi La Porte
$2074
40 km or 25 mi Baytown
$2084
41 km or 25 mi League
$1983
42 km or 26 mi Alvin
$2003
47 km or 29 mi Rosenberg
$2151
48 km or 30 mi The Woodlands
$2692
59 km or 37 mi Texas City
$1971
62 km or 38 mi Conroe
$1798
76 km or 47 mi Galveston
$1844
81 km or 50 mi Lake Jackson
$2063
108 km or 67 mi Huntsville
$2129
126 km or 78 mi Beaumont
$1653
129 km or 80 mi College Station
$1764
138 km or 86 mi Bryan
$1890
140 km or 87 mi Port Arthur
$1865
186 km or 115 mi Lufkin
$1838
188 km or 117 mi Victoria
$2231
203 km or 126 mi Sulphur
$2004
215 km or 134 mi Lake Charles
$1960
217 km or 135 mi Nacogdoches
$1468
229 km or 142 mi Pflugerville
$2211
234 km or 145 mi Austin
$2473
236 km or 146 mi Round Rock
$2145
239 km or 149 mi Temple
$2186
242 km or 150 mi Kyle
$2223
242 km or 150 mi Georgetown
$2194
247 km or 153 mi San Marcos
$2226
249 km or 155 mi Cedar Park
$2232
250 km or 156 mi Seguin
$2177
254 km or 158 mi Leander
$2250
261 km or 162 mi Waco
$2223
262 km or 163 mi Harker Heights
$2075
264 km or 164 mi New Braunfels
$2156

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$451
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$473
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$449
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$533
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$415
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$447
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$457
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$679
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$506
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$576
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$421
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$546
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$456
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$469
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$405
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$508
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$419
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$432
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$471
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$491
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$513
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$465
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$450
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$422
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$534
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$627
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$572
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$795
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$469
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$375
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$416
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$508
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$507
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$537
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$529