Kharkiv vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$207	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$336
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	20
😀 Quality of life	56	45
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.29M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 9% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 8600th and 8801st ($506 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Libya, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 5713th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Tripoli

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	Kharkiv	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058