Kharkiv vs Meru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Meru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1478
🏠 One person rent	$207	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$37.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	69 km
🎓 Higher education	60	29
😀 Quality of life	56	27
🏙️ Population	1.42M	42.7K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 6% less expensive than in Meru. Cities ranked 8600th and 8317th ($506 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 4th in Ukraine and Kenya, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.8 months in Meru. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Meru ranked 9th in Kenya, while ranked 5713th and 8421st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Meru

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	Kharkiv	Meru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$38.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$6.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$199
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$516
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$30.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	14.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1251
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$28.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$4.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$2.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$6.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$20.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$19
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$59.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$189
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$8023

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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 Meru

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 85 mi	Thika	$589
175 km or 109 mi	Nairobi	$760
179 km or 111 mi	Machakos	$408
180 km or 112 mi	Nakuru	$500
268 km or 167 mi	Eldoret	$483
323 km or 201 mi	Kisumu	$522
354 km or 220 mi	Mumias	$490
378 km or 235 mi	Moshi	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Tororo	$602
395 km or 245 mi	Arusha	$638
403 km or 250 mi	Mbale	$605
455 km or 283 mi	Malindi	$498
496 km or 308 mi	Jinja	$562
508 km or 316 mi	Mombasa	$580
559 km or 347 mi	Kira Town	$646
564 km or 351 mi	Kampala	$698
577 km or 359 mi	Entebbe	$558
591 km or 367 mi	Tanga	$545
600 km or 373 mi	Mwanza	$625
666 km or 414 mi	Gulu	$594
712 km or 442 mi	Stone Town	$523
712 km or 443 mi	Zanzibar	$552
732 km or 455 mi	Dodoma	$502
749 km or 465 mi	Baidoa	$706
764 km or 475 mi	Morogoro	$486
783 km or 486 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
784 km or 487 mi	Awasa	$886
819 km or 509 mi	Arua	$585
840 km or 522 mi	Bunia	$801
852 km or 529 mi	Jimma	$654
852 km or 530 mi	Kasese	$573
858 km or 533 mi	Juba	$513
862 km or 536 mi	Byumba	$613
873 km or 542 mi	Kigali	$771
875 km or 544 mi	Muyinga	$650
883 km or 549 mi	Mogadishu	$711
907 km or 563 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
911 km or 566 mi	Ruyigi	$648
911 km or 566 mi	Beni	$785
918 km or 570 mi	Nyanza	$518