Kharkiv vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$207	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$252
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	60	1
😀 Quality of life	56	22
🏙️ Population	1.42M	65.5K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 44% less expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 8600th and 6047th ($506 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Ukraine and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 5713th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Sao Tome

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	Kharkiv	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$3685

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549

Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590