Berlin vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Berlin	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4975	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$1217	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$304	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3412	$434
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	61
😀 Quality of life	96	63
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.42M

The cost of living in Berlin is 335% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1418th and 8604th ($2222 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 22nd in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Berlin compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Berlin ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 35th and 5547th 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	$16.6	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.5	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.41	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.43	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1250	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2200	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1631	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$277	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.2	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.62%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8887	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6036	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.44	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.5	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.6	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.11	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.24	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.5	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$149	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9480	$3156

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1868
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1893
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1892
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1862
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1888
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1902
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1851
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1887
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1841
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1826
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1856
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1862
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1810
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1839
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1826
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1822
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1681
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1852
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1484
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1567
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1430
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1363
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1425
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1424
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1471
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1501
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1479
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1435
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1411
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1166
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1422
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1113
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586