Dublin vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dublin	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2992	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6629	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1987	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$3461	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$663	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$459
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	593K	1.42M

The cost of living in Dublin is 500% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 223rd and 8722nd ($2992 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Ireland and Ukraine, respectively. Check Ireland vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 36th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Kharkiv

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	Dublin	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.5	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.7	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.58	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2108	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1693	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3809	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2999	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.7	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8392	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6209	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.36	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.84	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.04	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.85	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.5	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1316	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10947	$2953

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2472
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2515
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2627
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$2179
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2055
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$2074
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1945
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1954
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2265
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1496
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1769
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2236
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2978
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1764
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1620
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1718
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1873
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1862
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1888
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1998
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1893
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1861
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1677
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2524
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1784
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1804
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2047
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1815
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1686
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1907
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1928
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1873
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1754
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1819
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1718

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562