Dusseldorf vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dusseldorf	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1979	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1090	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3937	$445
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	72
😀 Quality of life	96	68
🏙️ Population	631K	2.95M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 125% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 2065th and 6330th ($1979 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Germany and Ukraine, respectively. Check Germany vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Dusseldorf compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Dusseldorf ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 25th and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Kyiv

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	Dusseldorf	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1139	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2011	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1558	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7326	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6067	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.11	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.25	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.7	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$789	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23360	$7835

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1650
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1631
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1645
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1613
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1711
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1616
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1645
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1567
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1626
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1634
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1574
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1596
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1555
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1340
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1543
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1651
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1741
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1525
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1488
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1586
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1608
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1516
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1678
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1474
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1552
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1547
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1968

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