Kharkiv vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$4749
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	60	82
😀 Quality of life	56	88
🏙️ Population	1.42M	468K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 79% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 8600th and 972nd ($506 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 892nd in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 5713th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Raleigh

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	Kharkiv	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682