Berlin vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$454
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$749
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$440
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	73
😀 Quality of life	95	63
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.95M

The cost of living in Berlin is 161% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1275th and 6441st ($2302 vs $882) 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 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 35th and 5524th 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	$9.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$545
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$557
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$65.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$6.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	18.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$1111
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$5.39
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$8.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$9101

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

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