Bangkok vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bangkok	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2947	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$425	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$1110	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$301	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$723	$529
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	89	70
😀 Quality of life	74	64
🏙️ Population	5.68M	2.95M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 25% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5738th and 6450th ($994 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.7 months in Kyiv. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 1355th and 4556th 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	$4.03	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.1	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$568	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5850	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2650	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.22	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.8	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.5	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.39	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.56	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.9	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.39	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.8	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$662	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13758	$7166

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Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$759
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$786
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$739
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$613
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$758
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$800
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$676
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$703
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$564
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$570
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$633
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$697
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$533
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$630
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$608
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$806
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$763
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$612
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$555
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$754
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$745
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$561
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1168
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$635
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$819
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$529
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$514
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$919
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$711
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$783

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563