Kharkiv vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$4315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	100
😀 Quality of life	56	100
🏙️ Population	1.42M	4.84M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 80% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8600th and 745th ($506 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5713th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Sydney

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	Kharkiv	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683