Chennai vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$159	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	60
😀 Quality of life	66	56
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.42M

The cost of living in Chennai is 14% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8907th and 8657th ($433 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 17th in India and Ukraine, respectively. Check India vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 4094th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Kharkiv

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	Chennai	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$2513

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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