Bangkok vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangkok	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$958	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2465	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$424	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$741	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$707	$445
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	89	72
😀 Quality of life	75	68
🏙️ Population	5.68M	2.95M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 9% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5912th and 6330th ($958 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Thailand and Ukraine, respectively. Check Thailand vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Bangkok compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 1890th and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangkok vs Kyiv

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	Bangkok	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.1	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.9	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.12	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.59	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$611	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$519	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.6	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5905	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2775	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.23	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.5	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.6	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.31	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.39	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.53	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.03	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$561	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13469	$7835

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$774
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$736
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$635
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$812
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$787
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$724
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$718
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$553
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$708
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$571
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$650
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$812
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$581
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$578
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$741
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1152
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$593
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$622
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$614
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$727
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$571

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561