Kharkiv vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	99
😀 Quality of life	63	100
🏙️ Population	1.42M	5.45M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 81% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8604th and 649th ($510 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd 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 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5547th and 3rd 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	$5.68	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710