Kharkiv vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	81
😀 Quality of life	63	92
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 75% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 8604th and 1930th ($510 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1571st 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 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 5547th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs San Antonio

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	Kharkiv	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154