Dublin vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$434
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	96	63
🏙️ Population	593K	1.42M

The cost of living in Dublin is 460% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 315th and 8604th ($2858 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 22nd 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 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 21st and 5547th 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	$20.8	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$3156

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2402
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2443
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2902
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1955
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2010
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1912
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1879
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2359
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1884
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2205
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1484
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1703
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2159
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2768
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1712
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1551
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1655
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1815
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1804
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1937
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1832
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1813
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1682
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2472
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1729
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2023
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1802
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1680
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1873
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1883
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1840
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1652
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1839
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1723

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