Abu Dhabi vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$459
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	61
😀 Quality of life	85	63
🏙️ Population	1.57M	1.42M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 315% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1859th and 8722nd ($2070 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 24th in the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 447th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Kharkiv

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	Abu Dhabi	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$2953

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2420
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1473
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1457
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2183
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1214
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2014
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1923
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$796
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1080
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1109
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1192
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1135
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$545
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$931
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1037
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$541
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$823
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$575
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$565
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$465
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$547
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$523
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$575
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$563
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$627
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$487
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1632
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562