Columbus vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$445
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	72
😀 Quality of life	90	68
🏙️ Population	906K	2.95M

The cost of living in Columbus is 148% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1512th and 6330th ($2181 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 0.5 months in Kyiv. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 217th and 4632nd 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	$19.3	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$7835

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

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