Kaohsiung vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kaohsiung Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$932
$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2619
$1428
🏠 One person rent
$339
$222
🏘️ Family rent
$747
$465
🍽️ Food expenses
$377
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$101
$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1088
$386
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
81
60
😀 Quality of life
84
57
🏙️ Population
2.73M
1.43M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 74% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5786th and 8242nd ($932 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 10th in Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 320th and 5715th 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
$3.13
$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.8
$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.88
$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.08
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.02
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.06
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$341
$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$231
$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$829
$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$580
$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$62.4
$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$94.3
$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$23.2
$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.21%
17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4824
$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2490
$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.64
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$31.6
$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.04
$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.98
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.02
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.96
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.29
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.92
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.5
$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.61
$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$20.3
$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.66
$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.74
$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.52
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.15
$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.65
$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.99
$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.74
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.6
$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.4
$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.56
$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.92
$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$12.9
$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.97
$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.34
$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.18
$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.5
$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$9.14
$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$54.2
$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.81
$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$96.6
$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$81.1
$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$313
$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$12618
$1310

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Distance City Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi Tainan
$913
88 km or 55 mi Taitung
$952
97 km or 60 mi Chiayi
$725
124 km or 77 mi Douliu
$791
150 km or 93 mi Nantou
$857
163 km or 101 mi Changhua
$890
175 km or 108 mi Taichung
$995
224 km or 139 mi Miaoli
$746
253 km or 157 mi Hsinchu
$860
257 km or 160 mi Zhubei
$917
265 km or 165 mi Taoyuan
$861
280 km or 174 mi Yilan
$863
285 km or 177 mi Kinmen
$851
291 km or 181 mi New Taipei
$1011
298 km or 185 mi Taipei
$1169
301 km or 187 mi Jinjiang
$676
307 km or 191 mi Xiamen
$721
309 km or 192 mi Quanzhou
$689
315 km or 196 mi Keelung
$860
340 km or 211 mi Putian
$675
341 km or 212 mi Zhangzhou
$719
379 km or 235 mi Shantou
$589
393 km or 244 mi Chaozhou
$588
398 km or 247 mi Fuzhou
$664
416 km or 258 mi Jieyang
$716
430 km or 267 mi Puning
$738
432 km or 268 mi Longyan
$713
437 km or 271 mi Ishigaki
$1114
457 km or 284 mi Ningde
$694
466 km or 289 mi Meizhou
$799
487 km or 302 mi Sanming
$667
497 km or 309 mi Nanping
$678
510 km or 317 mi Shanwei
$1083
562 km or 349 mi Miyakojima
$1115
575 km or 357 mi Rui'an
$744
575 km or 357 mi Tuguegarao
$487
587 km or 365 mi Heyuan
$891
600 km or 373 mi Wenzhou
$787
605 km or 376 mi Huizhou
$837
616 km or 382 mi Wuyishan
$655

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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