Kharkiv vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kharkiv	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$499	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1275	$4604
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1208
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1789
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$459	$4089
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	61	81
😀 Quality of life	63	91
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 76% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 8722nd and 1874th ($499 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1483rd 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 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs San Antonio ranked 42nd in the United States, while ranked 5605th and 170th 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	$5.46	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$5.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$1847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$222	$1394
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.7	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$75.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.61%	6.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$4289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$595	$1889
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.47	$37.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$8.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.33	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.93	$96.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.1	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$299	$1248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2953	$17470

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2175
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2200
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2237
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2165
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2444
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2187
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2125
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2226
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1991
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2029
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1009
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1706
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2153
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1883
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2016
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1736
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1017
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$802
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$2000
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1913
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2285
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2094
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2762
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2112
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2112
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1836
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2150
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2150