Dakar vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dakar	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1198	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3394	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$549	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$1454	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$383	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	60
😀 Quality of life	47	56
🏙️ Population	1.44M	1.42M

The cost of living in Dakar is 138% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4607th and 8657th ($1198 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Senegal and Ukraine, respectively. Check Senegal vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dakar compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Dakar ranked 1st best city to live in Senegal vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6422nd and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dakar vs Kharkiv

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	Dakar	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.07	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.09	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.29	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.9	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.24%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2513	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1433	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.67	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.84	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.94	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.19	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.25	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.51	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.4	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.35	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.3	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.9	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.1	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$254	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6945	$2513

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Cities near Dakar

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Rufisque	$1095
58 km or 36 mi	Thies	$1203
121 km or 75 mi	Fatick	$1051
163 km or 101 mi	Kaolack	$1062
166 km or 103 mi	Louga	$1003
171 km or 106 mi	Banjul	$488
174 km or 108 mi	Lamin	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Saint-Louis	$1018
185 km or 115 mi	Brikama	$569
266 km or 165 mi	Rosso	$649
271 km or 169 mi	Ziguinchor	$1061
340 km or 211 mi	Kolda	$1039
378 km or 235 mi	Bissau	$889
404 km or 251 mi	Nouakchott	$678
416 km or 258 mi	Bafata	$866
629 km or 391 mi	Boffa	$972
651 km or 404 mi	Praia	$835
668 km or 415 mi	Assomada	$840
709 km or 441 mi	Conakry	$1030
727 km or 452 mi	Forecariah	$974
757 km or 471 mi	Mamou	$994
833 km or 518 mi	Freetown	$1213
841 km or 522 mi	Mindelo	$898
978 km or 607 mi	Bo	$1138
1009 km or 627 mi	Kankan	$979
1023 km or 636 mi	Kenema	$1146
1048 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$574
1051 km or 653 mi	Gueckedou	$983
1087 km or 675 mi	Banamba	$495
1088 km or 676 mi	Koulikoro	$497
1141 km or 709 mi	Bougouni	$496
1185 km or 736 mi	Monrovia	$528
1197 km or 744 mi	Kakata	$494
1215 km or 755 mi	Segou	$498
1220 km or 758 mi	Nzerekore	$971
1232 km or 766 mi	Markala	$496
1256 km or 781 mi	Yekepa	$494
1258 km or 782 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
1332 km or 828 mi	Sikasso	$503
1413 km or 878 mi	Korhogo	$1047

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