Kharkiv vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kharkiv	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$501	$2505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1256	$5691
🏠 One person rent	$204	$1564
🏘️ Family rent	$336	$2640
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$646
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.4	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$493	$3446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	78
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	1.42M	662K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 80% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 8662nd and 890th ($501 vs $2505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.4 months in Vancouver. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 5430th and 62nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Vancouver

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	Kharkiv	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$5.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$2.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1643
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$127	$1394
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$2929
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$213	$2377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$93.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.26	$59.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.68%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1073	$8999
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$594	$7018
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.81	$85.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$2.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.45	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$3.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$15.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.95	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.1	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.02	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$285	$1168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2841	$21273

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2247
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2411
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2295
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2091
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2100
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1840
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2523
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2185
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2081
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2098
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2427
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2475
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2773
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2580
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2690
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1855
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2661
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2670
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2727
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2709
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2714
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2736
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2728
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2782
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2124
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2734
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2749
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2827
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$3012
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2479
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3602
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3183
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3164
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2843
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2884