Kharkiv vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$203	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$3894
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	94
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	1.42M	664K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 80% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 8604th and 689th ($510 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 5th in Ukraine and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 5547th and 67th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Rotterdam

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	Kharkiv	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$13809

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586

Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671