Kharkiv vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kharkiv	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$499	$1695
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1275	$3907
🏠 One person rent	$200	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1435
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$558
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$459	$2900
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	38
😀 Quality of life	63	88
🏙️ Population	1.42M	549K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 71% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 8722nd and 3269th ($499 vs $1695) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 113th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Quebec City. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Quebec City ranked 28th in Canada, while ranked 5605th and 332nd 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	$5.46	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$59.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$5.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$863
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$1500
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$222	$1244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.7	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.61%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$8196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$595	$2969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.47	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.6	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.33	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.93	$81.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.1	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$299	$719
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2953	$7052

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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 Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1685
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1024
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1466
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1265
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1180
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1434
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1399
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1451
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1506
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1104
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1254
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1526
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1458
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1341
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1142
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1838
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1846
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1861
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1852
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1897
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1918
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1923
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2080
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1928
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1960
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1862
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2047
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1940
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1934