Chisinau vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chisinau	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$876	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2149	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$482	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$920	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$361
😷 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 74% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6200th and 8657th ($876 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 17th 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 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5629th and 5755th 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	$7.06	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.85	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$445	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$636	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.07%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1746	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.24	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.82	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.85	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.1	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.2	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$370	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4718	$2513

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900

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