Kharkiv vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1837
🏠 One person rent	$207	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$349
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	60	25
😀 Quality of life	56	24
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.44M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 32% less expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 8600th and 6685th ($506 vs $747) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 3rd in Ukraine and Cameroon, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.5 months in Yaounde. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 5713th and 8653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Yaounde

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	Kharkiv	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$4.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$47.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$626
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$6.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$5.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$8.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$3.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$1631

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1265
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$555
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$764
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$655
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$553
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1121
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$741
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$384
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$668
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$482
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$621
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$883
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1611
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$462
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$805
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$972
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$900
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$881
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$900
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1502
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$820
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$665
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$759
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$522
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$651
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$513
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$634
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$533
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$486
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$743
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$850
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$371
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$779