Bangkok vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bangkok	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1027	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2622	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$465	$454
🏘️ Family rent	$806	$749
🍽️ Food expenses	$298	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$594	$440
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	89	73
😀 Quality of life	73	63
🏙️ Population	5.68M	2.95M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 16% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5467th and 6441st ($1027 vs $882) 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 0.6 months in Bangkok compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 2647th and 5524th 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	$3.24	$9.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.48	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$632	$545
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1114	$980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$557
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$65.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.5	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.3	$6.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.66%	18.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6568	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3204	$1111
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.5	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.5	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$5.39
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.73	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.63	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.3	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.9	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.29	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.72	$8.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.9	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$554	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15512	$9101

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$789
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$833
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$829
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$788
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$656
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$710
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$658
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$823
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$874
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$846
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$784
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$610
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$730
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$562
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$629
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$763
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$575
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$585
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$679
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$621
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$845
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$571
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$805
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$593
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$581
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$764
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$782
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$583
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1056
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$612
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$587
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$882
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$530
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$501
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$629
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$760
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$780
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$592

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