Jeju Island vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jeju Island	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1100	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2764	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$480	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$812	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$456	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.8	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1449	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	19	61
😀 Quality of life	65	63
🏙️ Population	678K	1.42M

The cost of living in Jeju Island is 116% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4961st and 8604th ($1100 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 22nd in South Korea and Ukraine, respectively. Check South Korea vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Jeju Island compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Jeju Island ranked 73rd best city to live in South Korea vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5177th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeju Island vs Kharkiv

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	Jeju Island	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.06	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.3	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.44	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.04	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$327	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.5	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.15%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9156	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5889	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.89	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.19	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.37	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.75	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.34	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.3	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.3	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.34	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.5	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$347	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20533	$3156

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Cities near Jeju Island

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Seogwipo	$1095
16 km or 10 mi	Jeju	$1069
159 km or 99 mi	Mokpo	$1005
186 km or 115 mi	Naju	$1001
187 km or 116 mi	Yeosu	$994
197 km or 122 mi	Suncheon	$1016
203 km or 126 mi	Gwangju	$1081
206 km or 128 mi	Gwangyang	$991
228 km or 142 mi	Goto	$904
240 km or 149 mi	Tongyeong	$934
241 km or 149 mi	Namwon	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Jeongeup	$981
248 km or 154 mi	Jinju	$1064
251 km or 156 mi	Geoje	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Sacheon	$984
271 km or 169 mi	Tsushima	$933
273 km or 170 mi	Gimje	$982
275 km or 171 mi	Masan	$1008
279 km or 173 mi	Jeonju	$831
281 km or 175 mi	Hirado	$908
284 km or 177 mi	Tsushima Island	$937
288 km or 179 mi	Changwon	$1084
289 km or 180 mi	Iksan	$998
291 km or 181 mi	Gunsan	$1020
294 km or 183 mi	Saikai	$893
295 km or 184 mi	Matsuura	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Iki	$925
297 km or 185 mi	Sasebo	$939
300 km or 186 mi	Gimhae	$975
301 km or 187 mi	Busan	$1108
312 km or 194 mi	Imari	$902
312 km or 194 mi	Miryang	$1038
315 km or 196 mi	Togitsu	$886
318 km or 197 mi	Nagayo	$887
318 km or 197 mi	Nagasaki	$948
318 km or 198 mi	Yangsan	$1039
319 km or 199 mi	Karatsu	$913
320 km or 199 mi	Nonsan	$1046
324 km or 201 mi	Omura	$891
325 km or 202 mi	Takeo	$895

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