Kharkiv vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person
$506
$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1360
$1047
🏠 One person rent
$207
$145
🏘️ Family rent
$413
$225
🍽️ Food expenses
$198
$176
🚐 Transport expenses
$42.9
$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$388
$550
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
22 km
🎓 Higher education
60
5
😀 Quality of life
56
34
🏙️ Population
1.42M
115K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 20% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 8600th and 8915th ($506 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Ukraine and Bhutan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 5713th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Kharkiv Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.71
$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$20.5
$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.87
$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$2.3
☕ Cappuccino
$1.15
$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.63
$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$207
$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$132
$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$444
$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$293
$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$55.2
$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$85
$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.01
$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.9%
10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1187
$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$662
$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.32
$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.94
$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.47
$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.26
$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.51
$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.98
$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.53
$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.21
$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.65
$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.94
$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.66
$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.84
$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.49
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.61
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.35
$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.77
$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.63
$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.74
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.94
$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.19
$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.38
$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.66
$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.3
$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$21.1
$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.16
$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$8.94
$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.96
$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans
$50.5
$32
👟 Brand Sneakers
$76.4
$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$360
$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$3129
$666

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$490
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$486
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$586
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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
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$459
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$312
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$296
203 km or 126 mi Saidpur
$296
211 km or 131 mi Shigatse
$900
214 km or 133 mi Damak
$317
257 km or 159 mi Raiganj
$309
257 km or 160 mi Guwahati
$342
258 km or 160 mi Biratnagar
$323
259 km or 161 mi Dispur
$335
266 km or 166 mi Balurghat
$307
280 km or 174 mi Lhasa
$963
287 km or 178 mi Purnia
$300
294 km or 183 mi Bogra
$280
308 km or 191 mi Shillong
$408
313 km or 195 mi Malda
$308
313 km or 195 mi Mymensingh
$264
350 km or 217 mi Saharsa
$292
360 km or 224 mi Bhagalpur
$282
362 km or 225 mi Rajshahi
$274
364 km or 226 mi Sylhet
$305
377 km or 234 mi Janakpur
$292
401 km or 249 mi Berhampore
$304
413 km or 257 mi Narsingdi
$295
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$297
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$419
424 km or 264 mi Lalitpur
$341
426 km or 265 mi Dhaka
$430
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$367
439 km or 273 mi Narayanganj
$309
444 km or 276 mi Muzaffarpur
$288
454 km or 282 mi Hetauda
$294
468 km or 291 mi Krishnanagar
$281
474 km or 295 mi Birgunj
$321
482 km or 299 mi Jessore
$289
486 km or 302 mi Shantipur
$294
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$316
495 km or 308 mi Durgapur
$292
500 km or 311 mi Asansol
$299
502 km or 312 mi Kulti
$300