Kaohsiung vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kaohsiung Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$956
$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2684
$1360
🏠 One person rent
$361
$207
🏘️ Family rent
$819
$413
🍽️ Food expenses
$390
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$96.8
$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1264
$388
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
80
60
😀 Quality of life
83
56
🏙️ Population
2.73M
1.42M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 89% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5750th and 8600th ($956 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 20th in Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 417th and 5713th 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
$3.82
$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$30.6
$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.9
$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.53
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$2.84
$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.91
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$363
$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$234
$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$876
$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$623
$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$78.7
$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$123
$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$22.8
$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.19%
17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4370
$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2797
$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.76
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$28.8
$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$8.72
$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.94
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.25
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.97
$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.4
$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.05
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.4
$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.6
$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.2
$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.33
$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.01
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.65
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.56
$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.24
$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.93
$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.75
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.68
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.06
$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.62
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.85
$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.7
$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.83
$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.25
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.09
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.5
$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$9.18
$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$50.3
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.75
$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans
$83
$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$80.1
$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$378
$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$10905
$3129

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$814
88 km or 55 mi Taitung
$788
97 km or 60 mi Chiayi
$747
124 km or 77 mi Douliu
$770
150 km or 93 mi Nantou
$796
163 km or 101 mi Changhua
$813
175 km or 108 mi Taichung
$894
224 km or 139 mi Miaoli
$728
253 km or 157 mi Hsinchu
$897
257 km or 160 mi Zhubei
$821
265 km or 165 mi Taoyuan
$875
280 km or 174 mi Yilan
$731
285 km or 177 mi Kinmen
$823
291 km or 181 mi New Taipei
$1073
298 km or 185 mi Taipei
$1181
301 km or 187 mi Jinjiang
$627
307 km or 191 mi Xiamen
$688
309 km or 192 mi Quanzhou
$644
315 km or 196 mi Keelung
$967
340 km or 211 mi Putian
$625
341 km or 212 mi Zhangzhou
$664
379 km or 235 mi Shantou
$581
393 km or 244 mi Chaozhou
$451
398 km or 247 mi Fuzhou
$669
416 km or 258 mi Jieyang
$443
430 km or 267 mi Puning
$569
432 km or 268 mi Longyan
$649
437 km or 271 mi Ishigaki
$1155
457 km or 284 mi Ningde
$648
466 km or 289 mi Meizhou
$655
487 km or 302 mi Sanming
$603
497 km or 309 mi Nanping
$630
510 km or 317 mi Shanwei
$936
562 km or 349 mi Miyakojima
$1154
575 km or 357 mi Rui'an
$681
575 km or 357 mi Tuguegarao
$431
587 km or 365 mi Heyuan
$764
600 km or 373 mi Wenzhou
$726
605 km or 376 mi Huizhou
$601
616 km or 382 mi Wuyishan
$601

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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