Chennai vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$152	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$388
😷 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 15% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8897th and 8600th ($430 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 20th 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 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 4021st and 5713th 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	$1.83	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$3129

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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