Kharkiv vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$203	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	61	96
😀 Quality of life	63	73
🏙️ Population	1.42M	13.3M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 65% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8604th and 4141st ($510 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd 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 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5547th and 2664th 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	$5.68	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$15272

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772