Abidjan vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abidjan	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1224	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$548	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$912	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$198	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	61
😀 Quality of life	43	63
🏙️ Population	5.62M	1.42M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 140% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4654th and 8604th ($1224 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 22nd in Ivory Coast and Ukraine, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 7383rd and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Kharkiv

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	Abidjan	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.07	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1432	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.52	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.8	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.83	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3211	$3156

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1057
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1057
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1083
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1066
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1123
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$532
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$668
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$822
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$630
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$600
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1099
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$417
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$652
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$684
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$835
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$699
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$703
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$846
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$514
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$598
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$705
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$502
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$793
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$712
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$536
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$877
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$508

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