Austin vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Austin	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2444	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5560	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1531	$454
🏘️ Family rent	$2491	$749
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4939	$440
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	65	73
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	962K	2.95M

The cost of living in Austin is 177% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 985th and 6441st ($2444 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 845th and 1st in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Austin compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Austin ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 217th and 5524th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Austin vs Kyiv

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	Austin	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.4	$9.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.5	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.38	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.62	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$545
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1200	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3122	$980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2017	$557
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$65.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$6.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.32%	18.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5020	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3187	$1111
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.05	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.72	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$5.39
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.32	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.76	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.3	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$148	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$8.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1382	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21398	$9101

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Cities near Austin

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
25 km or 15 mi	Round Rock	$2027
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
31 km or 20 mi	Leander	$2187
37 km or 23 mi	Kyle	$2237
39 km or 24 mi	Georgetown	$2125
51 km or 32 mi	San Marcos	$2229
76 km or 47 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
84 km or 52 mi	Seguin	$2200
86 km or 53 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
90 km or 56 mi	Killeen	$1991
93 km or 58 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
95 km or 59 mi	Cibolo	$2175
96 km or 60 mi	Schertz	$2174
96 km or 60 mi	Temple	$2153
122 km or 76 mi	San Antonio	$2063
137 km or 85 mi	Bryan	$2000
138 km or 86 mi	Kerrville	$2165
140 km or 87 mi	College Station	$1913
150 km or 93 mi	Waco	$2285
180 km or 112 mi	Victoria	$2226
204 km or 126 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
214 km or 133 mi	Huntsville	$2022
215 km or 133 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
218 km or 136 mi	Stephenville	$2150
218 km or 136 mi	Conroe	$1836
219 km or 136 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
226 km or 140 mi	Missouri	$2094
227 km or 141 mi	Spring	$2112
230 km or 143 mi	Cleburne	$2177
233 km or 145 mi	Corsicana	$2189
234 km or 145 mi	Houston	$2265
248 km or 154 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
249 km or 155 mi	Pearland	$2150
252 km or 156 mi	Burleson	$2175
252 km or 157 mi	Midlothian	$2193
256 km or 159 mi	Pasadena	$2228
258 km or 160 mi	Alvin	$2072
260 km or 161 mi	Friendswood	$2136
260 km or 161 mi	Mansfield	$2302

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628