Kharkiv vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Soweto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$923
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1686
🏠 One person rent	$207	$540
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$88.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	60	63
😀 Quality of life	56	38
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.27M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 45% less expensive than in Soweto. Cities ranked 8600th and 5917th ($506 vs $923) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 6th in Ukraine and South Africa, respectively. Check Ukraine vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Soweto. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Soweto ranked 10th in South Africa, while ranked 5713th and 7204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Soweto

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	Kharkiv	Soweto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$6.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$3.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$827
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$64.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$33.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	11.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$850
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$8.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$2.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$5.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$21.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$3805

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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 Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003