Kharkiv vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person
$510
$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1309
$1851
🏠 One person rent
$203
$356
🏘️ Family rent
$340
$619
🍽️ Food expenses
$202
$261
🚐 Transport expenses
$43.7
$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$434
$549
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
31 km
🎓 Higher education
61
61
😀 Quality of life
63
69
🏙️ Population
1.42M
2M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 31% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8604th and 6924th ($510 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st in Ukraine and Belarus, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5547th and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Minsk

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Kharkiv Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.68
$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$19.5
$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.93
$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.03
$1.18
☕ Cappuccino
$1.24
$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.63
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$206
$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$125
$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$358
$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$223
$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$55.7
$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$85.4
$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.43
$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
18.62%
15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1364
$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$698
$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$10.1
$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.56
$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.27
$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1
$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.54
$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.96
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.5
$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.62
$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.82
$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.98
$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.84
$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.83
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.85
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.51
$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.37
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.78
$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.76
$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.78
$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.05
$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.18
$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.4
$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.66
$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.31
$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$21.4
$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.2
$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$8.94
$13
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.01
$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$54.4
$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$83.2
$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$351
$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$3156
$11271

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$479
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$496
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$639
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$485
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$537
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$649
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$790
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$633
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$656
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$440
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$650
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$516
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$501
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$732
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$707
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$498
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$660
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$539
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$545
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$665
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$570
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$629
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$516
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$652
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$851
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$718
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$879
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$475
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$516
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$420
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$672
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$837
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$582
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$709
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$586

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi Barysaw
$561
136 km or 85 mi Baranavichy
$517
139 km or 86 mi Babruysk
$406
171 km or 107 mi Vilnius
$1414
182 km or 113 mi Mogilev
$545
218 km or 135 mi Utena
$974
220 km or 137 mi Vitebsk
$293
221 km or 137 mi Pinsk
$426
229 km or 142 mi Daugavpils
$929
235 km or 146 mi Alytus
$883
247 km or 154 mi Grodno
$349
249 km or 155 mi Jonava
$865
260 km or 161 mi Kaunas
$1334
280 km or 174 mi Gomel
$475
283 km or 176 mi Marijampole
$920
288 km or 179 mi Panevezys
$988
290 km or 180 mi Rezekne
$840
303 km or 188 mi Suwalki
$1113
303 km or 189 mi Bialystok
$1148
307 km or 191 mi Smolensk
$547
308 km or 191 mi Jekabpils
$894
330 km or 205 mi Brest
$528
342 km or 212 mi Elk
$1125
353 km or 219 mi Siauliai
$967
363 km or 226 mi Biala Podlaska
$1079
367 km or 228 mi Chernihiv
$516
371 km or 231 mi Lomza
$993
374 km or 232 mi Ogre
$1046
376 km or 233 mi Rivne
$439
382 km or 238 mi Lutsk
$546
390 km or 243 mi Jelgava
$889
401 km or 249 mi Siedlce
$1009
403 km or 250 mi Riga
$1270
406 km or 252 mi Ostroleka
$1113
412 km or 256 mi Zhytomyr
$586
413 km or 257 mi Chelm
$1185
416 km or 259 mi Jurmala
$1419
426 km or 265 mi Valmiera
$928
427 km or 265 mi Mazeikiai
$864
434 km or 269 mi Kyiv
$879