Bangui vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangui	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$221	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$200	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.9	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	60
😀 Quality of life	6	56
🏙️ Population	889K	1.42M

The cost of living in Bangui is 1% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8532nd and 8600th ($513 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in the Central African Republic and Ukraine, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangui compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 9267th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Kharkiv

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	Bangui	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.4	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.5	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$483	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.3	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1567	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$931	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.83	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.32	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.7	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$76.9	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2664	$3129

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$767
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$482
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$482
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$850
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$806
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$485
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$486
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$747
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$556
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$533
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$522
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$910
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$665
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$555
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$523
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$553
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1265
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$764
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1121
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$843
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$609
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$580
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$601
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$655
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$876
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$520
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$487
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$741
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$495
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$485
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$553
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$519
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$974
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$668
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$508
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$523
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$384
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812

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