Kharkiv vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kharkiv	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$535	$4044
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1428	$8222
🏠 One person rent	$222	$2662
🏘️ Family rent	$465	$3953
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$794
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$392
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$386	$6298
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	57	96
🏙️ Population	1.43M	8.8M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 87% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 8242nd and 6th ($535 vs $4044) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 4th 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 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.6 months in New York City. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 5715th and 8th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs New York City

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	Kharkiv	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$24.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$108
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$8.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.19	$5.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$3504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$2240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$3748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$3719
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.4	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$4.93	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.28%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1351	$16943
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$762	$12588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.06	$135
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.41	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$4.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$5.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$5.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$5.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.27	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$16.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.61	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.49	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$6.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.9	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.46	$18.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.03	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.44	$27.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.5	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$132	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1647
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1310	$17859

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$439
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$504
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$425
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$525
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$462
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$637
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$560
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$543
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$498
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$498
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$476
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$511
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$420
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$457
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$466
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$498
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$493
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$451
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$423
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$443
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$559
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$601
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$576
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$760
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$406
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$401
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$501
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$526
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$531
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$495

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2529
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$2821
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2743
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2739
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3241
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2691
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2638
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2613
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2494
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2608
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2612
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2520
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$1956
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2622
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2400
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2464
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2612
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2433
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2351
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2338
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2684
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2653
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2422
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2638
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2695
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2615
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2660
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2627
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2614
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2698
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2534
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2404
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2737
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2784
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2694
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2465
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2447
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3028