Beirut vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$1256
🏠 One person rent	$641	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$336
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	74	61
😀 Quality of life	63	63
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.42M

The cost of living in Beirut is 188% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4177th and 8662nd ($1441 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Lebanon and Ukraine, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1 months in Kharkiv. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 5483rd and 5430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Kharkiv

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	Beirut	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$2841

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591