Kharkiv vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1271
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$619
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$3571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	61	95
😀 Quality of life	63	96
🏙️ Population	1.42M	985K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 78% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 8604th and 1273rd ($510 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st in Ukraine and Sweden, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.6 months in Stockholm. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 5547th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Stockholm

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	Kharkiv	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$7.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$5.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2670
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$11690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$6502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$4.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$4.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$8.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$33.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$15313

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586

Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482