Baku vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baku	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$766	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$316	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.4	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	60
😀 Quality of life	60	56
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.42M

The cost of living in Baku is 51% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6590th and 8600th ($766 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Azerbaijan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Azerbaijan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baku compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Baku ranked 1st best city to live in Azerbaijan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5270th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baku vs Kharkiv

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	Baku	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.9	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.34	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$409	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$936	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$426	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.1	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.09%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1010	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.5	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.69	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.82	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.5	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.25	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.07	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.86	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6252	$3129

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Cities near Baku

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Sumqayit	$707
92 km or 57 mi	Sirvan	$634
150 km or 93 mi	Khachmaz	$676
198 km or 123 mi	Lankaran	$608
215 km or 133 mi	Oguz	$627
229 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$618
230 km or 143 mi	Barda	$618
242 km or 151 mi	Shaki	$607
270 km or 168 mi	Ardabil	$827
296 km or 184 mi	Ganja	$481
313 km or 195 mi	Goris	$967
318 km or 198 mi	Ahar	$622
320 km or 199 mi	Kapan	$961
343 km or 213 mi	Rasht	$534
350 km or 218 mi	Makhachkala	$535
352 km or 218 mi	Lahijan	$552
381 km or 237 mi	Aktau	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Tabriz	$658
408 km or 254 mi	Zhanaozen	$576
411 km or 256 mi	Marand	$553
416 km or 258 mi	Gardabani	$767
426 km or 265 mi	Rustavi	$660
428 km or 266 mi	Zanjan	$466
440 km or 274 mi	Marneuli	$813
442 km or 274 mi	Abovyan	$1094
445 km or 276 mi	Tbilisi	$1016
452 km or 281 mi	Yerevan	$1199
453 km or 282 mi	Maragheh	$573
454 km or 282 mi	Vanadzor	$697
456 km or 283 mi	Qazvin	$618
456 km or 284 mi	Masis	$1081
461 km or 286 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
465 km or 289 mi	Khoy	$419
472 km or 293 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
473 km or 294 mi	Spitak	$833
474 km or 294 mi	Grozny	$608
486 km or 302 mi	Amol	$557
491 km or 305 mi	Babol	$458
492 km or 306 mi	Armavir	$990
495 km or 308 mi	Nazarabad	$645

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