Brussels vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	92	63
🏙️ Population	196K	1.42M

The cost of living in Brussels is 314% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 1872nd and 8722nd ($2065 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Belgium and Ukraine, respectively. Check Belgium vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Brussels compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 99th and 5605th 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	$24.7	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$2953

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562