Kharkiv vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$207	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1646
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	60	42
😀 Quality of life	56	54
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.43M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 48% less expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 8600th and 5632nd ($506 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 8th in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5713th and 5982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Mecca

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	Kharkiv	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$4682

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507