Kharkiv vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$535
$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1428
$1995
🏠 One person rent
$222
$367
🏘️ Family rent
$465
$737
🍽️ Food expenses
$194
$255
🚐 Transport expenses
$44.6
$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$386
$520
😷 Air quality
Good
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
7 km
🎓 Higher education
60
70
😀 Quality of life
57
65
🏙️ Population
1.43M
2.95M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 30% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8242nd and 6536th ($535 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Ukraine.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Ranked 3rd vs 1st best cities to live in Ukraine, and 5715th vs 4566th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Kyiv

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Kharkiv Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.24
$7.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$24
$37.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.02
$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$1.26
 Cappuccino
$1.19
$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$231
$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$142
$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$545
$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$330
$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$56.6
$57.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$87.4
$89.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$4.93
$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.28%
19.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1351
$2503
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$762
$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.21
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.06
$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.41
$4.19
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.27
$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.54
$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.16
$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.78
$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.19
$9.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.79
$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.91
$6.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.67
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.36
$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.74
$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.37
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.81
$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.27
$5.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.76
$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.78
$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.61
$2.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.49
$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.8
$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.17
$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$17.9
$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.46
$5.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$9.03
$18.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.44
$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans
$57.5
$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$132
$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$303
$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1310
$7179

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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$443
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$495
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$457
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$548
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$406
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$433
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$534
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$892
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$476
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$504
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$425
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$426
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$976
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$423
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$820
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$470
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$560
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$767
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$518
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$472
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$637
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$810
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$369
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$487
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$423
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$535
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$464
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$527
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$758
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1111
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$462
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$839
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$439
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$490
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$649
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$704
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$528