Kharkiv vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kharkiv	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$1648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1256	$3908
🏠 One person rent	$204	$829
🏘️ Family rent	$336	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$564
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$493	$2878
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	38
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	1.42M	574K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 70% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 8662nd and 3402nd ($501 vs $1648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 116th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Quebec City. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Quebec City ranked 21st in Canada, while ranked 5430th and 327th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Quebec City

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	Kharkiv	Quebec City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$66.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$907
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$127	$680
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$1526
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$213	$1247
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$58.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$89.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.26	$45.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.68%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1073	$6977
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$594	$2884
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.81	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$3.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$3.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.45	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$2.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.95	$6.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.02	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$285	$703
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2841	$8149

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591

Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1638
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1002
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1457
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1238
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1219
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1441
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1365
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1421
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1504
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1122
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1289
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1533
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1421
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1384
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1816
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1817
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1829
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1828
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1861
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1892
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1874
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2051
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1901
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1937
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1828
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2058
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1921
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1913