Helsinki vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Helsinki	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4167	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$918	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$1517	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3006	$388
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	60
😀 Quality of life	95	56
🏙️ Population	676K	1.42M

The cost of living in Helsinki is 259% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 2353rd and 8600th ($1816 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 20th in Finland and Ukraine, respectively. Check Finland vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Helsinki compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Helsinki ranked 1st best city to live in Finland vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 26th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Helsinki vs Kharkiv

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	Helsinki	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.4	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.29	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1796	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1297	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.8	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.1%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8076	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4860	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.3	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.4	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$345	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9361	$3129

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Cities near Helsinki

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Vantaa	$1671
16 km or 9.7 mi	Espoo	$1879
26 km or 16 mi	Tuusula	$1509
27 km or 17 mi	Kerava	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
33 km or 21 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
34 km or 21 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
47 km or 29 mi	Porvoo	$1327
49 km or 30 mi	Lohja	$1220
51 km or 32 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
63 km or 39 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
78 km or 48 mi	Maardu	$1219
83 km or 51 mi	Tallinn	$1414
86 km or 53 mi	Raseborg	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
98 km or 61 mi	Lahti	$1398
102 km or 63 mi	Salo	$1396
115 km or 72 mi	Kotka	$1286
122 km or 76 mi	Rakvere	$899
124 km or 77 mi	Kouvola	$1355
131 km or 81 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
132 km or 82 mi	Hamina	$1329
143 km or 89 mi	Kaarina	$1450
150 km or 93 mi	Turku	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Raisio	$1450
157 km or 98 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
160 km or 100 mi	Tampere	$1464
164 km or 102 mi	Nokia	$1432
169 km or 105 mi	Ylojarvi	$1426
170 km or 106 mi	Sastamala	$1391
181 km or 113 mi	Sillamae	$952
188 km or 117 mi	Jamsa	$1394
201 km or 125 mi	Parnu	$1064
203 km or 126 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
203 km or 126 mi	Narva	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Viljandi	$933
210 km or 131 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
214 km or 133 mi	Rauma	$1254
224 km or 139 mi	Pori	$1239
224 km or 139 mi	Tartu	$1045

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