Bucharest vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$525	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	77	61
😀 Quality of life	81	63
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.42M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 119% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4913th and 8604th ($1116 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 22nd in Romania and Ukraine, respectively. Check Romania vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 646th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Kharkiv

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	Bucharest	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$3156

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586