Ankara vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ankara	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$959	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2366	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$487	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$74.7	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$719	$388
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	60
😀 Quality of life	72	56
🏙️ Population	5.8M	1.42M

The cost of living in Ankara is 90% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5741st and 8600th ($959 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 20th in Turkey and Ukraine, respectively. Check Turkey vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ankara compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Ankara ranked 2nd best city to live in Turkey vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 1858th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ankara vs Kharkiv

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	Ankara	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.62	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.11	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.3	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$588	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1022	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	45.39%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1577	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.16	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.87	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.59	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.28	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.98	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$467	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11471	$3129

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Cities near Ankara

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Kirikkale	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Polatli	$691
99 km or 61 mi	Cankiri	$650
139 km or 86 mi	Bolu	$616
142 km or 88 mi	Kirsehir	$663
142 km or 88 mi	Karabuk	$627
168 km or 104 mi	Yozgat	$723
176 km or 109 mi	Duzce	$535
180 km or 112 mi	Kastamonu	$492
191 km or 118 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
191 km or 119 mi	Corum	$593
194 km or 121 mi	Bartin	$710
200 km or 124 mi	Eskisehir	$691
201 km or 125 mi	Aksaray	$406
216 km or 134 mi	Nevsehir	$698
228 km or 142 mi	Sakarya	$547
228 km or 142 mi	Adapazari	$455
231 km or 144 mi	Konya	$697
238 km or 148 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
246 km or 153 mi	Bilecik	$755
252 km or 156 mi	Kutahya	$568
255 km or 158 mi	Kartepe	$872
263 km or 163 mi	Kayseri	$672
263 km or 164 mi	Izmit	$1113
265 km or 165 mi	Amasya	$578
269 km or 167 mi	Golcuk	$835
270 km or 168 mi	Nigde	$699
272 km or 169 mi	Talas	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Bor	$664
272 km or 169 mi	Kocaeli	$718
278 km or 172 mi	Korfez	$782
285 km or 177 mi	Inegol	$708
289 km or 180 mi	Eregli	$618
303 km or 188 mi	Sinop	$653
305 km or 190 mi	Gebze	$573
307 km or 191 mi	Karaman	$490
311 km or 193 mi	Cayirova	$599
312 km or 194 mi	Isparta	$474
318 km or 197 mi	Tokat	$587
323 km or 201 mi	Bursa	$743

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