Kharkiv vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kharkiv	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$510	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1309	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$203	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	61	7
😀 Quality of life	63	66
🏙️ Population	1.42M	133K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 61% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8604th and 4439th ($510 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 2nd in Ukraine and Maldives, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 0.7 months in Male. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5547th and 5057th 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	$5.68	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.24	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$223	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.7	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.4	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.43	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.62%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1364	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$698	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.4	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.2	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.01	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.4	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$351	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3156	$3575

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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

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327