Kharkiv vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person
$535
$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1428
$2895
🏠 One person rent
$222
$366
🏘️ Family rent
$465
$939
🍽️ Food expenses
$194
$392
🚐 Transport expenses
$44.6
$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$386
$1361
😷 Air quality
Good
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
14 km
🎓 Higher education
60
84
😀 Quality of life
57
83
🏙️ Population
1.43M
3.03M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 46% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 8242nd and 5356th ($535 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.4 months in Taichung. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 5715th and 343rd 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
$4.24
$3.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$24
$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.02
$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$3.14
☕ Cappuccino
$1.19
$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$231
$372
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$142
$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$545
$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$330
$814
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$56.6
$44
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$87.4
$69.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$4.93
$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.28%
1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1351
$5254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$762
$4416
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.21
$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.06
$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.41
$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.27
$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$3.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.54
$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.16
$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.78
$3.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.19
$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.79
$6.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.91
$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$4.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.67
$2.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.36
$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.74
$2.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.37
$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.81
$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.27
$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.76
$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.78
$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.61
$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.49
$6.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.8
$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.17
$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$17.9
$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.46
$9.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$9.03
$41.4
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.44
$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans
$57.5
$96
👟 Brand Sneakers
$132
$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$303
$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1310
$13893

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$504
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$425
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$525
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$419
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$446
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$462
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$637
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$509
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$560
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$433
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$543
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$498
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$498
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$476
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$511
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$420
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$457
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$466
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$498
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$493
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$451
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$423
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$443
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$559
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$601
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$576
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$760
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$406
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$369
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$401
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$501
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$526
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$531
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$495

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Distance City Cost of living
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$890
26 km or 16 mi Nantou
$857
49 km or 31 mi Miaoli
$746
51 km or 32 mi Douliu
$791
78 km or 48 mi Chiayi
$725
79 km or 49 mi Hsinchu
$860
84 km or 52 mi Zhubei
$917
96 km or 59 mi Taoyuan
$861
124 km or 77 mi New Taipei
$1011
129 km or 80 mi Yilan
$863
133 km or 82 mi Taipei
$1169
139 km or 86 mi Tainan
$913
154 km or 96 mi Keelung
$860
162 km or 101 mi Taitung
$952
175 km or 108 mi Kaohsiung
$932
220 km or 137 mi Putian
$675
224 km or 139 mi Jinjiang
$676
227 km or 141 mi Quanzhou
$689
239 km or 149 mi Kinmen
$851
255 km or 159 mi Fuzhou
$664
264 km or 164 mi Xiamen
$721
303 km or 188 mi Ningde
$694
307 km or 191 mi Zhangzhou
$719
354 km or 220 mi Ishigaki
$1114
374 km or 232 mi Nanping
$678
383 km or 238 mi Longyan
$713
385 km or 239 mi Sanming
$667
403 km or 251 mi Rui'an
$744
413 km or 257 mi Shantou
$589
414 km or 257 mi Chaozhou
$588
428 km or 266 mi Wenzhou
$787
442 km or 275 mi Jieyang
$716
461 km or 287 mi Meizhou
$799
467 km or 290 mi Puning
$738
473 km or 294 mi Miyakojima
$1115
476 km or 295 mi Wenling
$735
480 km or 298 mi Wuyishan
$655
484 km or 301 mi Lishui
$741
525 km or 326 mi Linhai
$719
548 km or 341 mi Shangrao
$721