Kharkiv vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kharkiv	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$3420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1256	$7800
🏠 One person rent	$204	$2177
🏘️ Family rent	$336	$3742
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$263
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$493	$4482
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	61	99
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	1.42M	3.9M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 85% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8662nd and 62nd ($501 vs $3420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 47th in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 5430th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Los Angeles

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	Kharkiv	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$6.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$2356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$127	$1856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$4109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$213	$3268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.26	$69.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.68%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1073	$8186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$594	$7185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.81	$95.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$6.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.45	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.95	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$5.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.02	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$29.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$285	$1748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2841	$23685

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Cities near Kharkiv

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

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000