Kharkiv vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$207	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.38M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 67% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 8600th and 3363rd ($506 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Ukraine and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5713th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Prague

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	Kharkiv	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120