Kharkiv vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$207	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	73
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.96M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 58% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 8600th and 4470th ($506 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 39th in Ukraine and Japan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 5713th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Sapporo

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	Kharkiv	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088