Kharkiv vs Monrovia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Monrovia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1293
🏠 One person rent	$207	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$433
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$47
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$388
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	60	21
😀 Quality of life	56	27
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 3% less expensive than in Monrovia. Cities ranked 8600th and 8452nd ($506 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Liberia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Liberia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.7 months in Monrovia. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Monrovia ranked 1st in Liberia, while ranked 5713th and 8399th 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	$5.71	$3.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$58.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	12.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1572
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$5.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$6.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$6.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$7.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$4.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$81.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$2771

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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 Monrovia

Distance	City	Cost of living
56 km or 35 mi	Kakata	$487
180 km or 112 mi	Kenema	$1272
210 km or 131 mi	Bo	$1278
243 km or 151 mi	Greenville	$487
260 km or 161 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
272 km or 169 mi	Nzerekore	$999
288 km or 179 mi	Yekepa	$487
361 km or 224 mi	Freetown	$1346
459 km or 285 mi	Forecariah	$998
474 km or 295 mi	Mamou	$1019
479 km or 297 mi	Conakry	$1061
482 km or 300 mi	Kankan	$1007
539 km or 335 mi	Gagnoa	$904
557 km or 346 mi	Boffa	$998
605 km or 376 mi	Divo	$906
613 km or 381 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
655 km or 407 mi	Bouake	$937
669 km or 416 mi	Korhogo	$916
675 km or 419 mi	Bougouni	$489
719 km or 447 mi	Dabou	$882
730 km or 453 mi	Agboville	$882
758 km or 471 mi	Abidjan	$1022
769 km or 478 mi	Bamako	$569
777 km or 483 mi	Bafata	$804
792 km or 492 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
793 km or 493 mi	Sikasso	$499
809 km or 503 mi	Abengourou	$889
811 km or 504 mi	Bissau	$827
811 km or 504 mi	Koulikoro	$490
861 km or 535 mi	Kolda	$964
885 km or 550 mi	Banamba	$491
898 km or 558 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
919 km or 571 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
936 km or 582 mi	Segou	$490
969 km or 602 mi	Markala	$489
1004 km or 624 mi	Brikama	$552
1008 km or 627 mi	Obuasi	$551
1012 km or 629 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
1014 km or 630 mi	Lamin	$507