Glasgow vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$445
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	72
😀 Quality of life	95	68
🏙️ Population	626K	2.95M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 134% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1833rd and 6330th ($2058 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 52nd and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Kyiv

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	Glasgow	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$7835

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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