Berlin vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Berlin	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4975	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1217	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$304	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3412	$445
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	72
😀 Quality of life	96	68
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.95M

The cost of living in Berlin is 153% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1418th and 6330th ($2222 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Berlin compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Berlin ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 35th and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Kyiv

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	Berlin	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.5	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.41	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.43	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1250	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2200	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1631	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$277	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.2	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.62%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8887	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6036	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.44	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.5	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.6	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.11	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.24	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.5	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$149	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9480	$7835

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1868
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1893
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1892
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1862
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1888
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1902
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1851
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1887
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1841
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1826
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1856
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1862
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1810
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1839
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1826
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1822
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1681
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1852
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1484
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1567
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1430
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1363
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1425
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1424
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1471
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1501
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1479
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1435
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1411
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1166
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1422
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1113
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446

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