Kharkiv vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kharkiv	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$387
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1307	$1009
🏠 One person rent	$210	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$392	$227
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$361	$570
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	60	5
😀 Quality of life	56	50
🏙️ Population	1.42M	115K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 30% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 8657th and 9013th ($503 vs $387) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd in Ukraine and Bhutan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.5 months in Thimphu. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 5755th and 6232nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Thimphu

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	Kharkiv	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.27	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$6.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$65.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$464	$222
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$13.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$21.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$4.8	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.47%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$625
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$685	$869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.29	$4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.44	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.33
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.52	$3.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.69	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.28	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.07	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.03	$3.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$32.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2513	$691

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$455
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$314
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$293
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$930
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$331
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$312
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$370
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$339
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$359
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$311
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$997
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$303
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$282
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$390
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$311
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$256
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$297
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$279
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$296
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$321
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$309
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$271
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$443
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$428
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$380
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$301
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$311
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$335
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$290
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$307
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$356
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$288
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$273
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$284