Chisinau vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chisinau	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$892	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2204	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$505	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$980	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$625	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	60
😀 Quality of life	57	56
🏙️ Population	639K	1.42M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 76% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6080th and 8600th ($892 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 20th in Moldova and Ukraine, respectively. Check Moldova vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Chisinau compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5665th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Kharkiv

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	Chisinau	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.05	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.98	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.76	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1075	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.4%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1974	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1449	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.9	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.4	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.07	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.2	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.48	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.9	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.7	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$356	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6466	$3129

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867

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