Kharkiv vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kharkiv	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$499	$3119
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1275	$7114
🏠 One person rent	$200	$2114
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$3790
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$564
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$283
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$459	$4401
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	61	89
😀 Quality of life	63	97
🏙️ Population	1.42M	5.87M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 84% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 8722nd and 154th ($499 vs $3119) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Ukraine and Singapore, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 5605th and 5th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Singapore City

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	Kharkiv	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$9.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$7.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$8.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$5.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$1.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$2502
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$1849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$4534
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$222	$3365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.7	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$31.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.61%	2.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$23965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$595	$7918
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.47	$96.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$2.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$19.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$23.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.6	$27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$4.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$13.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.33	$9.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$4.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$117
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.93	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$28.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$84.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.1	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$299	$1383
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2953	$31369

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2806
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$838
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$495
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$770
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$780
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$788
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$736
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$513
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$495
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$588
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$627
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$981
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$831
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$813
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$750
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$439
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$762
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$640
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$701
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$572
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$851
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$696
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$485
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$388
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$558
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$572
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$438
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$405
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$551
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$419
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$456
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$740
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$439
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$792
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$663