Isfahan vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$211	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	60
😀 Quality of life	48	56
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.42M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 3% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8454th and 8600th ($523 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 20th in Iran and Ukraine, respectively. Check Iran vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6375th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Kharkiv

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	Isfahan	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$3129

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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