Kharkiv vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$207	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	60	96
😀 Quality of life	56	74
🏙️ Population	1.42M	13.1M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8600th and 4359th ($506 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5713th and 1187th 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	$5.71	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$12252

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592