Kharkiv vs Mbuji-Mayi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Mbuji-Mayi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2636
🏠 One person rent	$207	$427
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1034
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$301
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$828
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	60	10
😀 Quality of life	56	16
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.89M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 50% less expensive than in Mbuji-Mayi. Cities ranked 8600th and 5435th ($506 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 3rd in Ukraine and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.8 months in Mbuji-Mayi. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Mbuji-Mayi ranked 3rd in the DR Congo, while ranked 5713th and 9011th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Mbuji-Mayi

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	Kharkiv	Mbuji-Mayi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$7.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$38.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$4.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$539
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1343
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$23.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	12.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$97.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$8.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$9.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$4.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$8.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$25.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$57
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$89.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$3463

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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 Mbuji-Mayi

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Gandajika	$828
99 km or 62 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
129 km or 80 mi	Kananga	$976
311 km or 193 mi	Tshikapa	$934
436 km or 271 mi	Kindu	$746
543 km or 337 mi	Kikwit	$876
551 km or 342 mi	Kolwezi	$975
619 km or 385 mi	Kalemie	$747
641 km or 398 mi	Likasi	$961
684 km or 425 mi	Uvira	$803
708 km or 440 mi	Bujumbura	$719
708 km or 440 mi	Bukavu	$759
713 km or 443 mi	Cyangugu	$496
722 km or 448 mi	Makamba	$647
726 km or 451 mi	Bubanza	$648
748 km or 465 mi	Luena	$634
749 km or 465 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
751 km or 467 mi	Rutana	$648
759 km or 472 mi	Kisangani	$910
763 km or 474 mi	Gitega	$651
777 km or 483 mi	Ngozi	$648
781 km or 486 mi	Kibuye	$479
786 km or 489 mi	Butare	$413
794 km or 493 mi	Ruyigi	$648
797 km or 495 mi	Gisenyi	$381
801 km or 498 mi	Nyanza	$518
809 km or 503 mi	Mansa	$776
831 km or 516 mi	Muyinga	$650
845 km or 525 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
854 km or 530 mi	Kigali	$771
854 km or 531 mi	Chingola	$875
878 km or 545 mi	Byumba	$613
879 km or 546 mi	Mufulira	$1018
901 km or 560 mi	Kitwe	$917
906 km or 563 mi	Mbandaka	$850
933 km or 580 mi	Bumba	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
940 km or 584 mi	Butembo	$768
940 km or 584 mi	Ndola	$541
943 km or 586 mi	Brazzaville	$580