Kharkiv vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person
$501
$1678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1256
$4001
🏠 One person rent
$204
$1006
🏘️ Family rent
$336
$1773
🍽️ Food expenses
$194
$403
🚐 Transport expenses
$45.4
$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$493
$1104
😷 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 70% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8662nd and 3277th ($501 vs $1678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.7 months in Moscow. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5430th and 2774th 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
$5.32
$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$19.8
$61.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.26
$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.99
$5.38
☕ Cappuccino
$1.23
$4.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.83
$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$1440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$127
$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$2602
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$213
$1335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.8
$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$81.1
$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$6.26
$9.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.68%
20.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1073
$11458
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$594
$4987
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.81
$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.9
$7.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.31
$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.95
$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.53
$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.95
$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.56
$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.23
$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.74
$7.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.17
$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.59
$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.69
$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.77
$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.58
$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.48
$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.35
$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.73
$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.45
$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.71
$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.17
$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.95
$5.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.3
$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.62
$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.22
$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$18.1
$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.02
$9.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$7.98
$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.77
$8.59
👖 Brand Jeans
$52.5
$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$76
$149
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$285
$788
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2841
$20160

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$618
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$539
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$611
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$685
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$749
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$642
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$628
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$490
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$621
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$525
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$471
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$790
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$766
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$448
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$454
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$730
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$577
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$518
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$554
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$757
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$635
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$732
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$479
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$779
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$891
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$855
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$853
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$464
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$589
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$529
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$409
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$694
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$974
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$691
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$798
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$591

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Distance City Cost of living
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$1084
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$1056
19 km or 12 mi Lyubertsy
$1077
19 km or 12 mi Mytishchi
$1014
21 km or 13 mi Balashikha
$1055
22 km or 14 mi Korolyov
$1030
37 km or 23 mi Podolsk
$1068
52 km or 32 mi Elektrostal
$1066
96 km or 60 mi Obninsk
$791
161 km or 100 mi Kaluga
$691
161 km or 100 mi Tver
$775
173 km or 107 mi Tula
$974
179 km or 111 mi Vladimir
$821
184 km or 114 mi Ryazan
$771
248 km or 154 mi Yaroslavl
$781
250 km or 155 mi Ivanovo
$705
266 km or 165 mi Rybinsk
$786
301 km or 187 mi Kostroma
$804
326 km or 202 mi Oryol
$730
349 km or 217 mi Bryansk
$732
366 km or 228 mi Dzerzhinsk
$800
369 km or 229 mi Smolensk
$629
372 km or 231 mi Lipetsk
$635
376 km or 234 mi Cherepovets
$604
402 km or 250 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$1051
408 km or 254 mi Vologda
$626
419 km or 260 mi Tambov
$694
457 km or 284 mi Kursk
$685
466 km or 290 mi Voronezh
$766
474 km or 294 mi Vitebsk
$355
491 km or 305 mi Veliky Novgorod
$766
495 km or 308 mi Starooskolsky
$611
496 km or 308 mi Stary Oskol
$539
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$669
513 km or 319 mi Saransk
$834
555 km or 345 mi Penza
$614
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$589
571 km or 355 mi Sumy
$518
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$746
601 km or 373 mi Cheboksary
$749