Giza vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Giza	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$318	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$90.3	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$183	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$154	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$23.7	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$138	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	60
😀 Quality of life	56	56
🏙️ Population	5.6M	1.42M

The cost of living in Giza is 37% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 9160th and 8600th ($318 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 20th in Egypt and Ukraine, respectively. Check Egypt vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Giza compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5740th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Giza vs Kharkiv

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	Giza	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.7	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.08	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$97.8	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$66.3	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$279	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.12	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.6	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.86%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$603	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$314	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$1.96	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.39	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.28	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.27	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.26	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.11	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.96	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.57	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.68	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.4	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1943	$3129

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Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$417
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$335
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$300
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$307
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$325
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$288
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$319
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$301
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$272
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$268
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$298
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$276
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$316
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$339
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$290
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$640
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1684
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1742
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$381
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1732
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$809
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1471
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1686
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1837
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1716
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$360
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$1884
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$342
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$813

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