Izmir vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Izmir	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$437	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$792	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.5	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$681	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	68	60
😀 Quality of life	68	56
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.42M

The cost of living in Izmir is 80% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5990th and 8600th ($909 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 Izmir compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Izmir ranked 3rd best city to live in Turkey vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3369th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Izmir vs Kharkiv

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	Izmir	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.23	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.4	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.03%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1738	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1020	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.93	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.07	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.36	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.9	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.6	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.77	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.2	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$409	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9671	$3129

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Cities near Izmir

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Manisa	$638
50 km or 31 mi	Turgutlu	$675
63 km or 39 mi	Kusadasi	$764
64 km or 39 mi	Tire	$681
87 km or 54 mi	Chios	$1099
87 km or 54 mi	Salihli	$677
88 km or 55 mi	Aydin	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Mytilene	$934
95 km or 59 mi	Soma	$679
117 km or 73 mi	Nazilli	$643
152 km or 94 mi	Balikesir	$707
155 km or 96 mi	Bodrum	$1038
171 km or 106 mi	Mugla	$773
185 km or 115 mi	Denizli	$477
192 km or 119 mi	Mykonos	$1838
199 km or 124 mi	Usak	$629
200 km or 124 mi	Marmaris	$1049
203 km or 126 mi	Canakkale	$690
227 km or 141 mi	Bandirma	$679
240 km or 149 mi	Rhodes	$1070
257 km or 160 mi	Bursa	$743
265 km or 164 mi	Fethiye	$843
268 km or 167 mi	Santorini	$1659
271 km or 168 mi	Kutahya	$568
276 km or 171 mi	Inegol	$708
286 km or 178 mi	Burdur	$554
288 km or 179 mi	Tekirdag	$661
292 km or 181 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
292 km or 182 mi	Kifissia	$1265
298 km or 185 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
299 km or 186 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
300 km or 186 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
302 km or 187 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
302 km or 188 mi	Glyfada	$1437
303 km or 188 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 188 mi	Athens	$1272
304 km or 189 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
305 km or 189 mi	Kallithea	$1159
305 km or 190 mi	Peristeri	$1082
305 km or 190 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258

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