Columbus vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Columbus Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$2252
$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$5500
$1960
🏠 One person rent
$1332
$419
🏘️ Family rent
$2531
$753
🍽️ Food expenses
$644
$241
🚐 Transport expenses
$120
$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$4005
$529
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
10 km
7 km
🎓 Higher education
72
70
😀 Quality of life
88
64
🏙️ Population
906K
2.95M

The cost of living in Columbus is 183% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1248th and 6450th ($2252 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 1st in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 242nd and 4556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Kyiv

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Columbus Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$19.9
$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$69.3
$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.8
$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.96
$1.22
 Cappuccino
$4.97
$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.54
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1379
$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1067
$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$3082
$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$2051
$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$135
$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$206
$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$68.4
$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.49%
18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3169
$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3154
$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.99
$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$64
$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$13.2
$4.47
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.89
$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.91
$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.89
$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.15
$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.77
$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.7
$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.4
$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.7
$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.51
$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.54
$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.53
$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.97
$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.99
$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.79
$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.37
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.81
$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$18.1
$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.89
$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack
$10
$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.5
$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.69
$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$4.01
$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.24
$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$44.1
$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.1
$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$116
$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple
$20.1
$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans
$64
$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$83.7
$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$1235
$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15346
$7166

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Distance City Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi Upper Arlington
$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi Grove
$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi Gahanna
$2034
15 km or 9 mi Hilliard
$2078
17 km or 11 mi Reynoldsburg
$2042
18 km or 11 mi Dublin
$2047
19 km or 12 mi Westerville
$1819
22 km or 13 mi Pickerington
$2039
38 km or 24 mi Delaware
$2074
43 km or 27 mi Lancaster
$1946
43 km or 27 mi Marysville
$2006
51 km or 32 mi Newark
$1916
69 km or 43 mi Springfield
$1914
70 km or 43 mi Chillicothe
$1987
70 km or 44 mi Marion
$1915
84 km or 52 mi Zanesville
$1876
86 km or 53 mi Xenia
$1832
89 km or 55 mi Fairborn
$1698
94 km or 59 mi Beavercreek
$1795
97 km or 60 mi Huber Heights
$1791
97 km or 60 mi Mansfield
$1865
98 km or 61 mi Riverside
$1794
103 km or 64 mi Kettering
$1828
103 km or 64 mi Troy
$1860
104 km or 65 mi Athens
$1635
104 km or 65 mi Centerville
$1839
105 km or 65 mi Dayton
$1735
105 km or 65 mi Sidney
$1935
108 km or 67 mi Piqua
$1894
112 km or 69 mi Trotwood
$1824
116 km or 72 mi Ashland
$1623
120 km or 74 mi Lebanon
$1856
128 km or 80 mi Middletown
$1436
128 km or 80 mi Lima
$1944
130 km or 81 mi Wooster
$1568
131 km or 81 mi Mason
$1852
132 km or 82 mi Findlay
$1817
136 km or 84 mi Portsmouth
$1530
144 km or 90 mi New Philadelphia
$1670
146 km or 91 mi Norwalk
$1829

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$422
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$529
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$432
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$545
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$469
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$421
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$490
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$909
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$418
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$473
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$449
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$437
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$956
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$437
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$860
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$457
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$576
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$806
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$487
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$467
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$679
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$876
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$375
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$491
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$450
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$503
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$537
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$515
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$780
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1131
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$457
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$873
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$451
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$516
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$717
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$748
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$563