Izmir vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Izmir	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1046	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2611	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$513	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$861	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$775	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	68	61
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	4.49M	1.42M

The cost of living in Izmir is 105% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5223rd and 8604th ($1046 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 22nd 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 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Izmir ranked 3rd best city to live in Turkey vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 3140th and 5547th 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	$7.12	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.6	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.63	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.76	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$600	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1069	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$703	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.9	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.5	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	40.92%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1742	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1073	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.13	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.35	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.89	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.63	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.32	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.1	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.3	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.7	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.05	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.6	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$622	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14684	$3156

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Cities near Izmir

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Manisa	$760
50 km or 31 mi	Turgutlu	$759
63 km or 39 mi	Kusadasi	$770
64 km or 39 mi	Tire	$686
87 km or 54 mi	Chios	$1254
87 km or 54 mi	Salihli	$725
88 km or 55 mi	Aydin	$595
93 km or 58 mi	Mytilene	$1067
95 km or 59 mi	Soma	$732
117 km or 73 mi	Nazilli	$652
152 km or 94 mi	Balikesir	$704
155 km or 96 mi	Bodrum	$926
171 km or 106 mi	Mugla	$799
185 km or 115 mi	Denizli	$557
192 km or 119 mi	Mykonos	$2056
199 km or 124 mi	Usak	$699
200 km or 124 mi	Marmaris	$884
203 km or 126 mi	Canakkale	$697
227 km or 141 mi	Bandirma	$724
240 km or 149 mi	Rhodes	$1284
257 km or 160 mi	Bursa	$915
265 km or 164 mi	Fethiye	$846
268 km or 167 mi	Santorini	$1835
271 km or 168 mi	Kutahya	$612
276 km or 171 mi	Inegol	$787
286 km or 178 mi	Burdur	$618
288 km or 179 mi	Tekirdag	$562
292 km or 181 mi	Alexandroupoli	$1006
292 km or 182 mi	Kifissia	$1415
298 km or 185 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$664
299 km or 186 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
300 km or 186 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
302 km or 187 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
302 km or 188 mi	Glyfada	$1636
303 km or 188 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 188 mi	Athens	$1436
304 km or 189 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
305 km or 189 mi	Kallithea	$1291
305 km or 190 mi	Peristeri	$1192
305 km or 190 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586