Blantyre vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$147	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	23	61
😀 Quality of life	30	63
🏙️ Population	800K	1.42M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 0.8% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8632nd and 8604th ($506 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 22nd in Malawi and Ukraine, respectively. Check Malawi vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8786th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Kharkiv

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	Blantyre	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$3156

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$458
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$493
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$820
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$916
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$755
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$996
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$779
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$565
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1021
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$761
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1168
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$716
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$873
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$587
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$655
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$888
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$577
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$495
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1062
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1278
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$912
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$658
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1069
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$687
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$587
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$653
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1207
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$421

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