Bissau vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bissau	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$827	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2050	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$363	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$610	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$364	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1044	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	4	60
😀 Quality of life	21	56
🏙️ Population	492K	1.42M

The cost of living in Bissau is 63% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6340th and 8600th ($827 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Guinea-Bissau and Ukraine, respectively. Check Guinea-Bissau vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bissau compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Bissau ranked 1st best city to live in Guinea-Bissau vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8819th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bissau vs Kharkiv

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	Bissau	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.01	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.3	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.55	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$228	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$635	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.4	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.27%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1539	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$910	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.08	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.35	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.08	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.13	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.7	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.75	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.7	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$766	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2321	$3129

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Cities near Bissau

Distance	City	Cost of living
108 km or 67 mi	Bafata	$804
109 km or 68 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
135 km or 84 mi	Kolda	$964
194 km or 120 mi	Brikama	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Lamin	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Banjul	$477
254 km or 158 mi	Boffa	$998
259 km or 161 mi	Kaolack	$1000
287 km or 179 mi	Fatick	$998
333 km or 207 mi	Conakry	$1061
355 km or 221 mi	Thies	$1052
357 km or 222 mi	Forecariah	$998
366 km or 227 mi	Rufisque	$1046
378 km or 235 mi	Dakar	$1114
417 km or 259 mi	Mamou	$1019
423 km or 263 mi	Louga	$970
456 km or 283 mi	Freetown	$1346
474 km or 295 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
518 km or 322 mi	Rosso	$647
605 km or 376 mi	Bo	$1278
655 km or 407 mi	Kenema	$1272
693 km or 430 mi	Nouakchott	$675
701 km or 436 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
706 km or 439 mi	Kankan	$1007
811 km or 504 mi	Monrovia	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kakata	$487
831 km or 516 mi	Bamako	$569
872 km or 542 mi	Nzerekore	$999
879 km or 546 mi	Koulikoro	$490
885 km or 550 mi	Bougouni	$489
903 km or 561 mi	Banamba	$491
906 km or 563 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
908 km or 564 mi	Yekepa	$487
921 km or 572 mi	Praia	$840
944 km or 586 mi	Assomada	$838
1027 km or 638 mi	Segou	$490
1048 km or 651 mi	Greenville	$487
1052 km or 654 mi	Markala	$489
1083 km or 673 mi	Sikasso	$499
1121 km or 697 mi	Korhogo	$916

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