Kharkiv vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person
$499
$957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1275
$2561
🏠 One person rent
$200
$348
🏘️ Family rent
$342
$601
🍽️ Food expenses
$198
$378
🚐 Transport expenses
$43
$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$459
$1411
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
14 km
🎓 Higher education
61
85
😀 Quality of life
63
86
🏙️ Population
1.42M
2.87M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 48% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 8722nd and 5984th ($499 vs $957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 5th in Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 5605th and 409th 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
$5.46
$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$21
$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.39
$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$1.58
☕ Cappuccino
$1.23
$2.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$335
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$122
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$222
$464
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.4
$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$80.7
$90.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.94
$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.61%
2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1150
$6960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$595
$7979
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.47
$31.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.84
$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.25
$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.97
$3.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.53
$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$2.72
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.46
$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.2
$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.72
$7.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.05
$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.87
$4.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.85
$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.57
$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.5
$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.36
$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.74
$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.6
$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.74
$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.2
$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.09
$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.33
$6.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.65
$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.27
$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$20.1
$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.06
$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$7.93
$47.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.88
$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans
$55.1
$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$77.1
$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$299
$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2953
$17495

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$490
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$516
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$630
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$505
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$567
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
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$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
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$562

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Distance City Cost of living
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$888
26 km or 16 mi Nantou
$879
49 km or 31 mi Miaoli
$709
51 km or 32 mi Douliu
$889
78 km or 48 mi Chiayi
$910
79 km or 49 mi Hsinchu
$937
84 km or 52 mi Zhubei
$882
96 km or 59 mi Taoyuan
$941
124 km or 77 mi New Taipei
$1108
129 km or 80 mi Yilan
$796
133 km or 82 mi Taipei
$1257
139 km or 86 mi Tainan
$910
154 km or 96 mi Keelung
$997
162 km or 101 mi Taitung
$841
175 km or 108 mi Kaohsiung
$999
220 km or 137 mi Putian
$668
224 km or 139 mi Jinjiang
$630
227 km or 141 mi Quanzhou
$634
239 km or 149 mi Kinmen
$903
255 km or 159 mi Fuzhou
$656
264 km or 164 mi Xiamen
$723
303 km or 188 mi Ningde
$654
307 km or 191 mi Zhangzhou
$696
354 km or 220 mi Ishigaki
$1067
374 km or 232 mi Nanping
$682
383 km or 238 mi Longyan
$698
385 km or 239 mi Sanming
$634
403 km or 251 mi Rui'an
$705
413 km or 257 mi Shantou
$602
414 km or 257 mi Chaozhou
$465
428 km or 266 mi Wenzhou
$763
442 km or 275 mi Jieyang
$464
461 km or 287 mi Meizhou
$673
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$589
473 km or 294 mi Miyakojima
$1064
476 km or 295 mi Wenling
$677
480 km or 298 mi Wuyishan
$610
484 km or 301 mi Lishui
$697
525 km or 326 mi Linhai
$661
548 km or 341 mi Shangrao
$665