Dhaka vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dhaka	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1093	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$118	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$238	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.1	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$388
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	60
😀 Quality of life	54	56
🏙️ Population	16.8M	1.42M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 15% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8899th and 8600th ($430 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Bangladesh and Ukraine, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Dhaka compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5971st and 5713th 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	$1.89	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.23	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.8	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.3	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.62%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$963	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.5	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.43	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.55	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47.4	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$3129

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$309
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$295
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$367
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$287
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$264
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$303
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$289
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$280
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$294
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$351
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$328
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$304
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$337
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$327
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$347
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$329
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$337
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$307
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$330
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$478
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$338
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$336
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$345
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$327
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$331
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$332
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$296
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$350
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$314

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