Kharkiv vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$738
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2249
🏠 One person rent	$207	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	37
😀 Quality of life	56	49
🏙️ Population	1.42M	2.47M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 31% less expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 8600th and 6726th ($506 vs $738) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 6th in Ukraine and Zambia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 5713th and 6269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Lusaka

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	Kharkiv	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$6.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$27
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$3.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$60.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$125
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	21.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$4875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$7.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$4.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$9642

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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 Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675