Kharkiv vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$203	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$5915
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	61	87
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.01M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 87% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 8604th and 6th ($510 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 5547th and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs San Jose, United States

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	Kharkiv	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254