Bangui vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangui	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$221	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$200	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	71
😀 Quality of life	6	64
🏙️ Population	889K	2.95M

The cost of living in Bangui is 40% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8532nd and 6262nd ($513 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Central African Republic and Ukraine, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangui compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 9267th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Kyiv

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	Bangui	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.5	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$483	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.3	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1567	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$931	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.83	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.32	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.7	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$76.9	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2664	$7184

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$767
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$482
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$482
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$850
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$806
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$485
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$486
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$747
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$556
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$533
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$522
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$910
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$665
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$555
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$523
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$553
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1265
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$764
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1121
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$843
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$609
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$580
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$601
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$655
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$876
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$520
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$487
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$741
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$495
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$485
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$553
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$519
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$974
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$668
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$508
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$523
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$384
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570