Kharkiv vs Portland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Portland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2629
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$6215
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2656
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$680
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$4810
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	88
😀 Quality of life	56	90
🏙️ Population	1.42M	653K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 81% less expensive than in Portland. Cities ranked 8600th and 603rd ($506 vs $2629) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 553rd 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.8 months in Portland. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Portland ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 5713th and 157th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Portland

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	Kharkiv	Portland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$7.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$1314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2917
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$2257
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$203
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$3766
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$3350
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$4.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$3.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$14.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$7.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$187
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$32.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$16585

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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 Portland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5.1 mi	Milwaukie	$2390
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lake Oswego	$2415
11 km or 6.9 mi	Beaverton	$2508
13 km or 8.2 mi	Tigard	$2437
14 km or 8.7 mi	Vancouver	$2465
17 km or 11 mi	West Linn	$2425
18 km or 11 mi	Tualatin	$2432
18 km or 11 mi	Gresham	$2484
18 km or 11 mi	Oregon City	$2420
25 km or 16 mi	Hillsboro	$2341
33 km or 21 mi	Newberg	$2410
35 km or 21 mi	Forest Grove	$2353
44 km or 27 mi	Woodburn	$2585
54 km or 33 mi	McMinnville	$2379
64 km or 40 mi	Keizer	$2361
71 km or 44 mi	Salem	$2368
72 km or 45 mi	Longview	$2095
104 km or 65 mi	Albany	$2119
116 km or 72 mi	Corvallis	$2029
116 km or 72 mi	The Dalles	$2206
136 km or 84 mi	Centralia	$2523
165 km or 102 mi	Springfield	$1967
166 km or 103 mi	Eugene	$2174
168 km or 105 mi	Lacey	$2571
171 km or 106 mi	Olympia	$2406
177 km or 110 mi	Spanaway	$2460
181 km or 113 mi	Redmond	$2604
184 km or 114 mi	Lakewood	$2449
185 km or 115 mi	Aberdeen	$1744
187 km or 116 mi	Puyallup	$2644
190 km or 118 mi	University Place	$2604
192 km or 120 mi	Tacoma	$2517
195 km or 121 mi	Bend	$2796
201 km or 125 mi	Federal Way	$2532
202 km or 125 mi	Auburn	$2338
206 km or 128 mi	Yakima	$1882
210 km or 131 mi	Kent	$2784
210 km or 131 mi	Des Moines	$2623
211 km or 131 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
216 km or 134 mi	SeaTac	$2741