Kharkiv vs Lilongwe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Lilongwe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$587
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$1571
🏠 One person rent	$207	$251
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$555
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$51.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$275
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	60	13
😀 Quality of life	56	20
🏙️ Population	1.42M	989K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 14% less expensive than in Lilongwe. Cities ranked 8600th and 7807th ($506 vs $587) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Malawi, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Malawi comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.5 months in Lilongwe. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Lilongwe ranked 4th in Malawi, while ranked 5713th and 8847th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Lilongwe

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	Kharkiv	Lilongwe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$4.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$474
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	12.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$10555
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$11.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$2.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$0.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$2351

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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 Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$492
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$493
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$457
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$566
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$507
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$825
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$525
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$461
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$748
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$992
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$794
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$675
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$461
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$752
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$541
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$947
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$872
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$738
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$776
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$917
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1018
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$723
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$875
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1003
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$730
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1506
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$597
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1150
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$854
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$700
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$961
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$766
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$502
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$486
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$688