Kharkiv vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$3539
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	82
😀 Quality of life	56	88
🏙️ Population	1.42M	577K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 75% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 8600th and 1702nd ($506 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1506th 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Milwaukee. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 5713th and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Milwaukee

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	Kharkiv	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$24191

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Cities near Kharkiv

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

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378