Chennai vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Chennai	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$434	$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1151	$1995
🏠 One person rent	$161	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$737
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.9	$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$520
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	70
😀 Quality of life	68	65
🏙️ Population	10.3M	2.95M

The cost of living in Chennai is 43% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8842nd and 6536th ($434 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in India and Ukraine, respectively. Check India vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 3676th and 4566th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Kyiv

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	Chennai	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$7.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.54	$37.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$183	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$57.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$89.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.38%	19.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1913	$2503
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.54	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$9.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$6.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$5.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.08	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.31	$2.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.72	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.8	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.02	$5.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$18.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.58	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.5	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.5	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$7179

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$337
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$269
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$415
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$339
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$343
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$326
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$367
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$356
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$350
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$326
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$328
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$357
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$585
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$316
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$359
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$337
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$383
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$319
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$399
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$312
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$317
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$287
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$327
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$341
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$321
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$334
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$309
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$358
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$350
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$309
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$384
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$310
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$375
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$353
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$358
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$369
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$325

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$443
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$457
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$406
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$476
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$504
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$425
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$426
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$976
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$423
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$820
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$470
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$560
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$767
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$472
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$637
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$810
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$487
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$535
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$464
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$758
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1111
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$462
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$839
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$490
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$649
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$704
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$528