Kharkiv vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1570
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3820
🏠 One person rent	$207	$773
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$2651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	56	89
🏙️ Population	1.42M	521K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 68% less expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 8600th and 3152nd ($506 vs $1570) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 34th in Ukraine and France, respectively. Check Ukraine vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Lyon. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 5713th and 195th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Lyon

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	Kharkiv	Lyon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$62
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$6.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$563
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1107
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	3.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$4049
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$22.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$8.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$6.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$95.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$584
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$10816

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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

Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457