Kharkiv vs Monrovia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Monrovia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$536
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$1276
🏠 One person rent	$203	$228
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$48.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$118
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	61	21
😀 Quality of life	63	27
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 5% less expensive than in Monrovia. Cities ranked 8604th and 8410th ($510 vs $536) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st in Ukraine and Liberia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Liberia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.2 months in Monrovia. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Monrovia ranked 1st in Liberia, while ranked 5547th and 8877th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Monrovia

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	Kharkiv	Monrovia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$20.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$270
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$38
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	12.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$1537
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$6.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$6.79
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$7.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$3.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$2.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$24.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$4.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$15.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$3.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$27
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$86.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$3157

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586

Cities near Monrovia

Distance	City	Cost of living
56 km or 35 mi	Kakata	$502
180 km or 112 mi	Kenema	$1281
210 km or 131 mi	Bo	$1283
243 km or 151 mi	Greenville	$502
260 km or 161 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
262 km or 163 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
272 km or 169 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
288 km or 179 mi	Yekepa	$503
361 km or 224 mi	Freetown	$1347
459 km or 285 mi	Forecariah	$999
474 km or 295 mi	Mamou	$1021
479 km or 297 mi	Conakry	$1067
482 km or 300 mi	Kankan	$1007
539 km or 335 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
557 km or 346 mi	Boffa	$999
605 km or 376 mi	Divo	$1083
613 km or 381 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
655 km or 407 mi	Bouake	$1123
669 km or 416 mi	Korhogo	$1099
675 km or 419 mi	Bougouni	$508
719 km or 447 mi	Dabou	$1057
730 km or 453 mi	Agboville	$1057
758 km or 471 mi	Abidjan	$1224
769 km or 478 mi	Bamako	$583
777 km or 483 mi	Bafata	$872
792 km or 492 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
793 km or 493 mi	Sikasso	$514
809 km or 503 mi	Abengourou	$1066
811 km or 504 mi	Bissau	$895
811 km or 504 mi	Koulikoro	$506
861 km or 535 mi	Kolda	$1044
885 km or 550 mi	Banamba	$506
898 km or 558 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
919 km or 571 mi	Ziguinchor	$1031
936 km or 582 mi	Segou	$506
969 km or 602 mi	Markala	$508
1004 km or 624 mi	Brikama	$598
1008 km or 627 mi	Obuasi	$631
1012 km or 629 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
1014 km or 630 mi	Lamin	$541