Kharkiv vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$203	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	52
😀 Quality of life	63	72
🏙️ Population	1.42M	791K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 49% less expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 8604th and 5515th ($510 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 404th in Ukraine and Japan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 5547th and 3269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Niigata

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	Kharkiv	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$14992

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001