Istanbul vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Istanbul	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1248	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3224	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$649	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$1199	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$883	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	76	56
🏙️ Population	15.7M	1.42M

The cost of living in Istanbul is 147% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4347th and 8600th ($1248 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Turkey and Ukraine, respectively. Check Turkey vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Istanbul compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Istanbul ranked 1st best city to live in Turkey vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 850th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Istanbul vs Kharkiv

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	Istanbul	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.14	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.7	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	47.81%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1719	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.74	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.81	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.3	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17728	$3129

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Cities near Istanbul

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Cayirova	$599
46 km or 28 mi	Gebze	$573
73 km or 45 mi	Korfez	$782
79 km or 49 mi	Kocaeli	$718
83 km or 51 mi	Golcuk	$835
87 km or 54 mi	Izmit	$1113
91 km or 56 mi	Kapakli	$701
92 km or 57 mi	Bursa	$743
96 km or 59 mi	Kartepe	$872
98 km or 61 mi	Corlu	$690
111 km or 69 mi	Bandirma	$679
113 km or 70 mi	Inegol	$708
121 km or 75 mi	Tekirdag	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Adapazari	$455
124 km or 77 mi	Sakarya	$547
129 km or 80 mi	Bilecik	$755
141 km or 88 mi	Luleburgaz	$661
166 km or 103 mi	Kirklareli	$642
176 km or 110 mi	Balikesir	$707
186 km or 115 mi	Duzce	$535
190 km or 118 mi	Eskisehir	$691
192 km or 120 mi	Uzunkopru	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Kutahya	$568
207 km or 129 mi	Burgas	$721
208 km or 129 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
214 km or 133 mi	Edirne	$624
224 km or 139 mi	Bolu	$616
234 km or 145 mi	Soma	$679
236 km or 147 mi	Canakkale	$690
259 km or 161 mi	Varna	$892
260 km or 162 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
261 km or 162 mi	Yambol	$546
261 km or 162 mi	Usak	$629
284 km or 177 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
287 km or 178 mi	Sliven	$631
290 km or 180 mi	Salihli	$677
290 km or 180 mi	Bartin	$710
295 km or 184 mi	Manisa	$638
296 km or 184 mi	Mytilene	$934
299 km or 186 mi	Komotini	$899

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