Kharkiv vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$203	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$832
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	8
😀 Quality of life	63	63
🏙️ Population	1.42M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 68% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8604th and 3601st ($510 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st in Ukraine and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5547th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Victoria

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	Kharkiv	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420