Columbus vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	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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Cities near Columbus

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

Cities near Kyiv

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