Berlin vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Berlin	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5321	$2116
🏠 One person rent	$1330	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$2289	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$319	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3423	$446
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	94	64
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.95M

The cost of living in Berlin is 178% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1150th and 6533rd ($2371 vs $853) 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 1.4 months in Berlin compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Berlin ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 45th and 5360th 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	$16.2	$9.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$30.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$6.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.65	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.71	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1383	$513
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2475	$940
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1800	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$307	$92.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	17.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8891	$2604
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$1122
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.59	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.4	$13.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$5.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.2	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$5.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$4.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.6	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12679	$10572

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1960
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1941
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1902
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1979
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1908
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1878
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1921
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1895
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1840
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1920
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1903
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1827
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1854
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1863
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1682
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1870
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1482
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1517
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1460
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1332
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1459
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1462
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1459
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1482
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1551
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1505
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1434
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1448
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1419
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1443
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1190
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1416
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1080
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1551
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676