Kharkiv vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$207	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1922
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	37
😀 Quality of life	56	73
🏙️ Population	1.42M	6.44K

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 68% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 8600th and 3109th ($506 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 3rd in Ukraine and Malta, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 5713th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Valletta

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	Kharkiv	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348