Kharkiv vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$203	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$236
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$544
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	61	5
😀 Quality of life	63	42
🏙️ Population	1.42M	115K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 22% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 8604th and 8940th ($510 vs $420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 2nd in Ukraine and Bhutan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 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 5547th and 7547th 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	$5.68	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$17.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$17.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$26.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$4.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$1.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$43.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$653

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$450
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$308
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$311
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$918
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$316
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$298
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$348
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$321
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$338
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$297
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$981
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$284
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$287
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$297
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$282
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$281
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$321
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$293
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$294
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$427
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$464
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$362
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$348
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$328
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$300
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$286
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$320
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$289
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$286
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$289