Islamabad vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Islamabad	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$389	$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1027	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$169	$222
🏘️ Family rent	$398	$465
🍽️ Food expenses	$140	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$33.8	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$221	$386
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	67	60
😀 Quality of life	51	57
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.43M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 27% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8988th and 8242nd ($389 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in Pakistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6200th and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Kharkiv

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	Islamabad	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.35	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.3	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.33	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$139	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$85.2	$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$397	$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.6	$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.42%	17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$489	$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.43	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.2	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.7	$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.05	$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.67	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.1	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.98	$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.87	$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.9	$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.4	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$51.4	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1443	$1310

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$238
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$278
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$335
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$281
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$352
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$307
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$277
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$393
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$330
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$303
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$399
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$240
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$344
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$268
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$347
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$289
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$386
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$364
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$337
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$508
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$260
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$399
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$423
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$290
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$449
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$394
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$567
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$328
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$338
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$448
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$307
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$455
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$401

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$439
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$504
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$425
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$525
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$462
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$637
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$560
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$543
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$498
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$498
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$476
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$511
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$420
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$457
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$466
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$498
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$493
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$451
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$423
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$443
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$559
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$601
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$576
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$760
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$406
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$401
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$501
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$526
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$531
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$495