Kharkiv vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person
$499
$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1275
$3752
🏠 One person rent
$200
$959
🏘️ Family rent
$342
$1694
🍽️ Food expenses
$198
$382
🚐 Transport expenses
$43
$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$459
$1020
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
28 km
🎓 Higher education
61
96
😀 Quality of life
63
72
🏙️ Population
1.42M
13.3M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 69% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8722nd and 3728th ($499 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5605th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Moscow

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Kharkiv Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.46
$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$21
$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.39
$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$4.91
☕ Cappuccino
$1.23
$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$122
$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$222
$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.4
$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$80.7
$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.94
$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.61%
22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1150
$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$595
$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.47
$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.84
$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.25
$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.97
$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.53
$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.46
$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.2
$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.72
$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.05
$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.87
$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.85
$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.57
$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.5
$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.36
$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.74
$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.6
$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.74
$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.2
$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.09
$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.33
$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.65
$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.27
$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$20.1
$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.06
$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$7.93
$33
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.88
$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans
$55.1
$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$77.1
$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$299
$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2953
$17546

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$490
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$516
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$630
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$567
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$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
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$644
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$637
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$465
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$639
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$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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$978
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$989
19 km or 12 mi Lyubertsy
$971
19 km or 12 mi Mytishchi
$891
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$957
22 km or 14 mi Korolyov
$910
37 km or 23 mi Podolsk
$959
52 km or 32 mi Elektrostal
$950
96 km or 60 mi Obninsk
$726
161 km or 100 mi Kaluga
$637
161 km or 100 mi Tver
$777
173 km or 107 mi Tula
$905
179 km or 111 mi Vladimir
$732
184 km or 114 mi Ryazan
$738
248 km or 154 mi Yaroslavl
$726
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$695
266 km or 165 mi Rybinsk
$738
301 km or 187 mi Kostroma
$757
326 km or 202 mi Oryol
$696
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$686
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$749
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$589
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$597
376 km or 234 mi Cherepovets
$578
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$940
408 km or 254 mi Vologda
$595
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$680
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$682
466 km or 290 mi Voronezh
$724
474 km or 294 mi Vitebsk
$335
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$748
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$567
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$505
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$622
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$773
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$585
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$545
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$516
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$757
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$791