Brussels vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$361
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	60
😀 Quality of life	89	56
🏙️ Population	196K	1.42M

The cost of living in Brussels is 289% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1988th and 8657th ($1958 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Belgium and Ukraine, respectively. Check Belgium vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 173rd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Kharkiv

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	Brussels	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$2513

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1712
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1799
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1723
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1911
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1701
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1636
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1708
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1619
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1696
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1661
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1693
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1660
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1779
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1761
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1595
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1630
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1616
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1555
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1611
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1514
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1598
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1616
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1545
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1667
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1709
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1560
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1762

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529