Dhaka vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dhaka	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1093	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$118	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$238	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.1	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$274	$571
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	71
😀 Quality of life	54	64
🏙️ Population	16.8M	2.95M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 49% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8899th and 6262nd ($430 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bangladesh and Ukraine, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Dhaka compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 5971st and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Kyiv

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	Dhaka	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.89	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.23	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.31	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$73.8	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.3	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.62%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$963	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$528	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.5	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.43	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.86	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.55	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.3	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47.4	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1681	$7184

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$309
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$295
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$367
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$287
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$264
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$303
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$289
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$280
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$294
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$351
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$328
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$304
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$337
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$327
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$347
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$329
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$337
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$307
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$330
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$478
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$338
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$336
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$345
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$327
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$331
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$332
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$404
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$296
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$350
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$314

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