Kharkiv vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kharkiv	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$499	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1275	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$459	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	99
😀 Quality of life	63	98
🏙️ Population	1.42M	5.45M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 82% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8722nd and 348th ($499 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5605th 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	$5.46	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$122	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$222	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.7	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.94	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.61%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1150	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$595	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.47	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.74	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.6	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.33	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.06	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.93	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.88	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$299	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2953	$21946

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864