Kaohsiung vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kaohsiung Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$971
$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2603
$1256
🏠 One person rent
$353
$204
🏘️ Family rent
$606
$336
🍽️ Food expenses
$410
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$80
$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1504
$493
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
80
61
😀 Quality of life
88
63
🏙️ Population
2.71M
1.42M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 94% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5770th and 8662nd ($971 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 23rd in Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1 months in Kharkiv. Kaohsiung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 281st and 5430th 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
$4.32
$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.02
$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.57
$0.99
☕ Cappuccino
$2.93
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.05
$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$349
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$256
$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$630
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$468
$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.5
$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$79.7
$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$26.2
$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.55%
17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4645
$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3214
$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.71
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12.7
$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9
$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.99
$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.2
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.19
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3
$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.65
$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.1
$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.99
$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.6
$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.74
$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.78
$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.55
$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.19
$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.77
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2
$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.71
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.75
$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15.8
$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.63
$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.41
$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$12.9
$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.02
$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.32
$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.16
$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$40.6
$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.9
$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$69.2
$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.78
$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans
$92.7
$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$88.3
$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$470
$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$13326
$2841

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Distance City Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi Tainan
$938
88 km or 55 mi Taitung
$844
97 km or 60 mi Chiayi
$904
124 km or 77 mi Douliu
$884
150 km or 93 mi Nantou
$868
163 km or 101 mi Changhua
$874
175 km or 108 mi Taichung
$942
224 km or 139 mi Miaoli
$687
253 km or 157 mi Hsinchu
$921
257 km or 160 mi Zhubei
$889
265 km or 165 mi Taoyuan
$989
280 km or 174 mi Yilan
$792
285 km or 177 mi Kinmen
$892
291 km or 181 mi New Taipei
$1123
298 km or 185 mi Taipei
$1248
301 km or 187 mi Jinjiang
$643
307 km or 191 mi Xiamen
$729
309 km or 192 mi Quanzhou
$648
315 km or 196 mi Keelung
$979
340 km or 211 mi Putian
$673
341 km or 212 mi Zhangzhou
$702
379 km or 235 mi Shantou
$612
393 km or 244 mi Chaozhou
$474
398 km or 247 mi Fuzhou
$679
416 km or 258 mi Jieyang
$473
430 km or 267 mi Puning
$600
432 km or 268 mi Longyan
$705
437 km or 271 mi Ishigaki
$1039
457 km or 284 mi Ningde
$672
466 km or 289 mi Meizhou
$682
487 km or 302 mi Sanming
$640
497 km or 309 mi Nanping
$689
510 km or 317 mi Shanwei
$954
562 km or 349 mi Miyakojima
$1042
575 km or 357 mi Rui'an
$717
575 km or 357 mi Tuguegarao
$403
587 km or 365 mi Heyuan
$777
600 km or 373 mi Wenzhou
$774
605 km or 376 mi Huizhou
$638
616 km or 382 mi Wuyishan
$617

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$746
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$475
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$518
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$618
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$539
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$611
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$685
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$749
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$642
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$628
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$490
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$621
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$525
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$471
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$790
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$766
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$448
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$454
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$730
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$577
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$518
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$554
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$757
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$635
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$732
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$479
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$779
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$891
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$855
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$853
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$464
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$589
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$529
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$409
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$694
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$974
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$691
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$798
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$591