Kaohsiung vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$342	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	81	60
😀 Quality of life	83	56
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.42M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 85% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6046th and 8657th ($932 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 17th in Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 389th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Kharkiv

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	Kaohsiung	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$2513

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643

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