Kharkiv vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$2338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$2096
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$545
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$3927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	93
😀 Quality of life	63	98
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.14M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 78% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 8604th and 1191st ($510 vs $2338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 3rd 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 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Perth ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 5547th and 12th 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	$5.68	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$1242
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$5455
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$4695
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$77
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$8.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$4.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$21.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$58
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$73.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$1856
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$13377

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736