Kharkiv vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$207	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	61
😀 Quality of life	56	79
🏙️ Population	1.42M	605K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 55% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 8600th and 4764th ($506 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Ukraine and Latvia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 5713th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Riga

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	Kharkiv	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220