Dhaka vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dhaka	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$464	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1123	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$141	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$434
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	61
😀 Quality of life	57	63
🏙️ Population	16.8M	1.42M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 9% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8829th and 8604th ($464 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 22nd in Bangladesh and Ukraine, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dhaka compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6151st and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Kharkiv

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	Dhaka	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.2	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.09	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$95.5	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.7	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.01%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$939	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$535	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.36	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.7	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.15	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.2	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.7	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1844	$3156

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586