Kharkiv vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kharkiv	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$499	$2448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1275	$5605
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1473
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$2303
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$226
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$459	$4181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	94
😀 Quality of life	63	96
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.14M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 80% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 8722nd and 978th ($499 vs $2448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 6th in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Perth. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 5605th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Perth

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	Kharkiv	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$8.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$4.27
🥤 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	$218	$1621
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$1228
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$2691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$222	$1923
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.7	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$56.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.61%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$6285
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$595	$4935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.47	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$5.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$8.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.6	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$4.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.33	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.93	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$81
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.1	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$299	$2141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2953	$15409

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562

Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1838
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2219
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$2016
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2025
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1618
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2338
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1904
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$527
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$496
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$409
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$822
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1175
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1604
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$593
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1487
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1861
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2217
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$439
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$379
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1906
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1822
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1928
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$408
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$476
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$453
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$459
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2496
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1829
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$514
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1894