Kharkiv vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person
$499
$836
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1275
$2112
🏠 One person rent
$200
$408
🏘️ Family rent
$342
$716
🍽️ Food expenses
$198
$295
🚐 Transport expenses
$43
$54
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$459
$632
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
31 km
🎓 Higher education
61
59
😀 Quality of life
63
68
🏙️ Population
1.42M
2M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 40% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8722nd and 6618th ($499 vs $836) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th 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 0.8 months in Minsk. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5605th and 4692nd 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
$5.46
$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$21
$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.39
$6.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$1.36
☕ Cappuccino
$1.23
$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$494
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$122
$329
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$888
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$222
$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.4
$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$80.7
$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.94
$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.61%
15.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1150
$2225
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$595
$1419
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.47
$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.84
$4.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.25
$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.97
$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.53
$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.46
$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.2
$7.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.72
$4.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.05
$8.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.87
$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.85
$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.57
$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.5
$0.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.36
$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.74
$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.6
$8.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.74
$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.2
$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.09
$6.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.33
$4.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.65
$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.27
$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$20.1
$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.06
$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$7.93
$14.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.88
$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans
$55.1
$44
👟 Brand Sneakers
$77.1
$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$299
$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2953
$12897

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$490
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$516
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$630
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$505
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$567
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
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$644
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$637
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$465
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$639
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$528
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$549
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$485
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$761
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$724
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$476
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$696
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$529
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$557
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$705
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$597
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$686
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$500
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$697
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$893
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$759
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$882
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$545
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$534
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$414
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$680
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$905
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$637
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$759
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$562

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi Barysaw
$628
136 km or 85 mi Baranavichy
$568
139 km or 86 mi Babruysk
$450
171 km or 107 mi Vilnius
$1461
182 km or 113 mi Mogilev
$622
218 km or 135 mi Utena
$1003
220 km or 137 mi Vitebsk
$335
221 km or 137 mi Pinsk
$484
229 km or 142 mi Daugavpils
$952
235 km or 146 mi Alytus
$907
247 km or 154 mi Grodno
$399
249 km or 155 mi Jonava
$890
260 km or 161 mi Kaunas
$1279
280 km or 174 mi Gomel
$545
283 km or 176 mi Marijampole
$947
288 km or 179 mi Panevezys
$1012
290 km or 180 mi Rezekne
$853
303 km or 188 mi Suwalki
$1133
303 km or 189 mi Bialystok
$1214
307 km or 191 mi Smolensk
$589
308 km or 191 mi Jekabpils
$912
330 km or 205 mi Brest
$589
342 km or 212 mi Elk
$1184
353 km or 219 mi Siauliai
$1001
363 km or 226 mi Biala Podlaska
$1109
367 km or 228 mi Chernihiv
$500
371 km or 231 mi Lomza
$1062
374 km or 232 mi Ogre
$1027
376 km or 233 mi Rivne
$405
382 km or 238 mi Lutsk
$554
390 km or 243 mi Jelgava
$908
401 km or 249 mi Siedlce
$1028
403 km or 250 mi Riga
$1248
406 km or 252 mi Ostroleka
$1188
412 km or 256 mi Zhytomyr
$562
413 km or 257 mi Chelm
$1220
416 km or 259 mi Jurmala
$1423
426 km or 265 mi Valmiera
$944
427 km or 265 mi Mazeikiai
$903
434 km or 269 mi Kyiv
$882