Brussels vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$388
😷 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 259% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2354th and 8600th ($1816 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 190th and 5713th 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	$18.9	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$3129

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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