Kharkiv vs Zurich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Zurich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$3296
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$8076
🏠 One person rent	$207	$1966
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$3466
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$863
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$7242
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	81
😀 Quality of life	56	98
🏙️ Population	1.42M	449K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 85% less expensive than in Zurich. Cities ranked 8600th and 59th ($506 vs $3296) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Ukraine and Switzerland, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Switzerland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 2.2 months in Zurich. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Zurich ranked 1st in Switzerland, while ranked 5713th and 5th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Zurich

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	Kharkiv	Zurich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$17.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$8.89
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$5.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$2155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$1671
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$4080
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$2967
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$226
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	2.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$24070
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$5867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$41.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$7.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$22.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$45.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$5.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$21.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$4.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$21.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$138
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$54.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$120
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$2498
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$29610

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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 Zurich

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Altstetten	$3037
6.4 km or 4 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dietikon	$2934
14 km or 8.6 mi	Horgen	$2976
14 km or 8.6 mi	Uster	$2974
16 km or 9.7 mi	Bulach	$2873
19 km or 12 mi	Wettingen	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
19 km or 12 mi	Winterthur	$3032
20 km or 13 mi	Wetzikon	$2893
20 km or 13 mi	Baden	$3059
20 km or 13 mi	Baar	$3099
23 km or 15 mi	Zug	$3426
28 km or 17 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861
33 km or 21 mi	Frauenfeld	$2379
36 km or 22 mi	Schaffhausen	$2419
37 km or 23 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1472
37 km or 23 mi	Aarau	$2252
38 km or 24 mi	Emmen	$2897
40 km or 25 mi	Wil	$2262
40 km or 25 mi	Lucerne	$2931
43 km or 27 mi	Kriens	$2891
48 km or 30 mi	Singen	$1555
51 km or 32 mi	Radolfzell	$1609
56 km or 35 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2614
57 km or 36 mi	Konstanz	$1731
60 km or 37 mi	Rheinfelden	$1447
63 km or 39 mi	St. Gallen	$2464
63 km or 39 mi	Uberlingen	$1641
64 km or 40 mi	Donaueschingen	$1382
70 km or 44 mi	Riehen	$3234
71 km or 44 mi	Tuttlingen	$1453
71 km or 44 mi	Lorrach	$1434
74 km or 46 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1442
74 km or 46 mi	Basel	$2643
76 km or 47 mi	Villingen-Schwenningen	$1267
77 km or 48 mi	Saint-Louis	$1286
77 km or 48 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1656
77 km or 48 mi	Schaan	$2352
78 km or 48 mi	Allschwil	$2717