Kharkiv vs Samsun - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Samsun
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$858
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$207	$436
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$689
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	60	23
😀 Quality of life	56	56
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.37M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 41% less expensive than in Samsun. Cities ranked 8600th and 6234th ($506 vs $858) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 10th in Ukraine and Turkey, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.8 months in Samsun. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Samsun ranked 13th in Turkey, while ranked 5713th and 5708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Samsun

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	Kharkiv	Samsun
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$5.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$8.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$388
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$458
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$31.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$47.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	39.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$4101
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$13.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$5.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$67.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$7315

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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 Samsun

Distance	City	Cost of living
82 km or 51 mi	Unye	$665
82 km or 51 mi	Amasya	$578
110 km or 69 mi	Tokat	$587
128 km or 80 mi	Sinop	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Ordu	$612
142 km or 88 mi	Corum	$593
180 km or 112 mi	Giresun	$495
180 km or 112 mi	Sivas	$948
208 km or 129 mi	Yozgat	$723
213 km or 132 mi	Kastamonu	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Cankiri	$650
280 km or 174 mi	Gumushane	$617
285 km or 177 mi	Ortahisar	$652
287 km or 178 mi	Trabzon	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Kirikkale	$655
293 km or 182 mi	Kayseri	$672
297 km or 184 mi	Talas	$645
301 km or 187 mi	Kirsehir	$663
309 km or 192 mi	Karabuk	$627
317 km or 197 mi	Erzincan	$621
326 km or 203 mi	Nevsehir	$698
330 km or 205 mi	Ankara	$959
335 km or 208 mi	Bartin	$710
348 km or 216 mi	Bayburt	$607
352 km or 219 mi	Rize	$661
368 km or 229 mi	Malatya	$544
378 km or 235 mi	Sochi	$846
379 km or 236 mi	Aksaray	$406
381 km or 237 mi	Elazig	$492
395 km or 246 mi	Nigde	$699
399 km or 248 mi	Novorossiysk	$617
401 km or 249 mi	Polatli	$691
402 km or 250 mi	Bolu	$616
407 km or 253 mi	Bor	$664
410 km or 255 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
415 km or 258 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
426 km or 265 mi	Adiyaman	$644
429 km or 266 mi	Kozan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Sukhumi	$760
433 km or 269 mi	Sevastopol	$683