Berlin vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$459
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	61
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.42M

The cost of living in Berlin is 361% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1275th and 8722nd ($2302 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 35th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Kharkiv

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	Berlin	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$2953

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

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