Kharkiv vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$207	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1263
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	60	7
😀 Quality of life	56	62
🏙️ Population	1.42M	133K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 61% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8600th and 4205th ($506 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Ukraine and Maldives, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1 months in Male. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5713th and 4917th 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	$5.71	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360