Kharkiv vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$4845
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1197
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1925
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$531
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$3655
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	56	98
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.14M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 76% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 8600th and 1654th ($506 vs $2075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 7th in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.8 months in Perth. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Perth ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 5713th and 6th 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	$5.71	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$8.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1602
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$91.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$139
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$4862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$3869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$9.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$4.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$20.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$55.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1852
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$11252

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1669
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645