Kharkiv vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$207	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	24
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	1.42M	592K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 65% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 8600th and 3759th ($506 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 31st in Ukraine and Spain, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 5713th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Malaga

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	Kharkiv	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$9532

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449