Houston vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Houston Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2221
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5469
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$1319
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$2448
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$557
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$188
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4662
$386
😷 Air quality
Good
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
16 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
100
60
😀 Quality of life
92
57
🏙️ Population
2.3M
1.43M

The cost of living in Houston is 315% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1234th and 8242nd ($2221 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1107th and 10th 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 11th best city to live in the United States vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 86th and 5715th 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
$15.4
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$72
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$9.98
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$5.63
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$5.34
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.46
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1372
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1066
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3100
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1960
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$125
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$191
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$67.9
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.74%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4081
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3710
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.26
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$63.9
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$20.5
$4.41
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.8
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.96
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$3.06
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.07
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.95
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.7
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.1
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.7
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.56
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.29
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.42
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.84
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.63
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.27
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.49
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$3.14
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.06
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.31
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$8.05
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.42
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.96
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.04
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$41.1
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.9
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$103
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$20.1
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$51.9
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$104
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1282
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$23011
$1310

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Distance City Cost of living
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$2141
25 km or 15 mi Pearland
$2118
25 km or 16 mi Missouri
$2128
27 km or 17 mi Deer Park
$2132
29 km or 18 mi Sugar Land
$2148
32 km or 20 mi Spring
$2126
33 km or 21 mi Friendswood
$2107
35 km or 22 mi La Porte
$2115
40 km or 25 mi Baytown
$2123
41 km or 25 mi League
$2125
42 km or 26 mi Alvin
$2055
47 km or 29 mi Rosenberg
$2136
48 km or 30 mi The Woodlands
$2737
59 km or 37 mi Texas City
$2023
62 km or 38 mi Conroe
$1801
76 km or 47 mi Galveston
$1919
81 km or 50 mi Lake Jackson
$2080
108 km or 67 mi Huntsville
$1988
126 km or 78 mi Beaumont
$1694
129 km or 80 mi College Station
$1829
138 km or 86 mi Bryan
$1925
140 km or 87 mi Port Arthur
$1879
186 km or 115 mi Lufkin
$1778
188 km or 117 mi Victoria
$2220
203 km or 126 mi Sulphur
$1975
215 km or 134 mi Lake Charles
$1915
217 km or 135 mi Nacogdoches
$1445
229 km or 142 mi Pflugerville
$2179
234 km or 145 mi Austin
$2590
236 km or 146 mi Round Rock
$2095
239 km or 149 mi Temple
$2066
242 km or 150 mi Kyle
$2150
242 km or 150 mi Georgetown
$2146
247 km or 153 mi San Marcos
$2093
249 km or 155 mi Cedar Park
$2191
250 km or 156 mi Seguin
$2146
254 km or 158 mi Leander
$2190
261 km or 162 mi Waco
$2071
262 km or 163 mi Harker Heights
$1989
264 km or 164 mi New Braunfels
$2175

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$439
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495