Kharkiv vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kharkiv	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1307	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$210	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$392	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$361	$591
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	60	43
😀 Quality of life	56	64
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.08M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 35% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8657th and 6525th ($503 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 5th in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5755th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Nur-Sultan

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	Kharkiv	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.27	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$464	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$4.8	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.47%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$685	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.29	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.44	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.52	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.69	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.28	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.07	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.03	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2513	$6243

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$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
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595