Kharkiv vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	80
😀 Quality of life	56	91
🏙️ Population	1.42M	737K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 83% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8600th and 158th ($506 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 140th 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 5713th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Seattle

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	Kharkiv	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093