Kharkiv vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$207	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	84
😀 Quality of life	56	81
🏙️ Population	1.42M	3.03M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 43% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 8600th and 6071st ($506 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 6th in Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 5713th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Taichung

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	Kharkiv	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671