Kharkiv vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person
$503
$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1307
$1821
🏠 One person rent
$210
$350
🏘️ Family rent
$392
$629
🍽️ Food expenses
$191
$246
🚐 Transport expenses
$39.5
$45.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$361
$641
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
31 km
🎓 Higher education
60
62
😀 Quality of life
56
67
🏙️ Population
1.42M
1.99M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 30% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8657th and 6834th ($503 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Ukraine and Belarus, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5755th and 3775th among best cities to live in the world.

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Kharkiv Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.27
$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$22.1
$30.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.16
$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.11
$1.51
☕ Cappuccino
$1.2
$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.62
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$223
$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$135
$271
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$464
$787
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$265
$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.7
$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$82.5
$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$4.8
$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.47%
14.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1198
$1923
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$685
$1217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.19
$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$7.29
$15.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.44
$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.26
$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.95
$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.49
$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.06
$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.53
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.34
$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.62
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.2
$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.59
$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.57
$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.68
$2.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.43
$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.63
$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.34
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.78
$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.52
$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.69
$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.74
$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.28
$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.4
$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.67
$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.32
$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$18.5
$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.1
$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$9.07
$11
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.03
$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans
$59.1
$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$84.3
$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$284
$302
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2513
$10290

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$451
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$473
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$449
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$533
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$415
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$447
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$457
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$679
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$506
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$576
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$421
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$546
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$456
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$469
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$405
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$508
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$419
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$432
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$471
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$491
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$513
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$465
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$450
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$422
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$534
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$627
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$572
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$795
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$469
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$375
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$416
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$508
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$507
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$537
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$529

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi Barysaw
$563
136 km or 85 mi Baranavichy
$516
139 km or 86 mi Babruysk
$437
171 km or 107 mi Vilnius
$1341
182 km or 113 mi Mogilev
$467
218 km or 135 mi Utena
$950
220 km or 137 mi Vitebsk
$298
221 km or 137 mi Pinsk
$437
229 km or 142 mi Daugavpils
$899
235 km or 146 mi Alytus
$871
247 km or 154 mi Grodno
$390
249 km or 155 mi Jonava
$856
260 km or 161 mi Kaunas
$1191
280 km or 174 mi Gomel
$469
283 km or 176 mi Marijampole
$886
288 km or 179 mi Panevezys
$902
290 km or 180 mi Rezekne
$817
303 km or 188 mi Suwalki
$1061
303 km or 189 mi Bialystok
$1002
307 km or 191 mi Smolensk
$461
308 km or 191 mi Jekabpils
$946
330 km or 205 mi Brest
$527
342 km or 212 mi Elk
$1057
353 km or 219 mi Siauliai
$999
363 km or 226 mi Biala Podlaska
$1113
367 km or 228 mi Chernihiv
$422
371 km or 231 mi Lomza
$916
374 km or 232 mi Ogre
$1111
376 km or 233 mi Rivne
$418
382 km or 238 mi Lutsk
$487
390 km or 243 mi Jelgava
$856
401 km or 249 mi Siedlce
$931
403 km or 250 mi Riga
$1169
406 km or 252 mi Ostroleka
$1042
412 km or 256 mi Zhytomyr
$529
413 km or 257 mi Chelm
$1118
416 km or 259 mi Jurmala
$1377
426 km or 265 mi Valmiera
$893
427 km or 265 mi Mazeikiai
$1042
434 km or 269 mi Kyiv
$795