Kharkiv vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kharkiv	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1307	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$210	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$392	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.5	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$361	$1018
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	60	7
😀 Quality of life	56	61
🏙️ Population	1.42M	133K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 61% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8657th and 4342nd ($503 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 2nd in Ukraine and Maldives, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.8 months in Male. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5755th and 5145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Male

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	Kharkiv	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.27	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.2	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$464	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$4.8	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.47%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$685	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.29	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.44	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.52	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.69	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.28	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.67	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.07	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.03	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2513	$3225

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352