Brussels vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brussels	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2030	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4894	$1256
🏠 One person rent	$1166	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1999	$336
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3313	$493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	91	63
🏙️ Population	196K	1.42M

The cost of living in Brussels is 306% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1939th and 8662nd ($2030 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd 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 1 months in Kharkiv. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 121st and 5430th 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	$21.2	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.4	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1112	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2002	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.2	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5037	$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4002	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.5	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.7	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.36	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.04	$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1423	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19621	$2841

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1969
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1874
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1832
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1993
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1843
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1833
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1888
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1793
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1848
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1819
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1769
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1845
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1799
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1881
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1895
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1703
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1743
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1686
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1688
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1799
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1746
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1753
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1742
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1939
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1829
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1727
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1834

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591