Kharkiv vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$207	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	72
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	1.42M	7.01M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 69% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8600th and 2911th ($506 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5713th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Riyadh

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	Kharkiv	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529