Kharkiv vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$3141
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	86
😀 Quality of life	56	93
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.79M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 79% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 8600th and 861st ($506 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 4th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5713th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Toronto

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	Kharkiv	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$17118

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$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

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095