Detroit vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	77	71
😀 Quality of life	86	64
🏙️ Population	639K	2.95M

The cost of living in Detroit is 143% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1678th and 6262nd ($2064 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th 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 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 315th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Kyiv

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	Detroit	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$7184

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570