Hempstead vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	97	71
😀 Quality of life	79	64
🏙️ Population	793K	2.95M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 214% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 556th and 6262nd ($2664 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th 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 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 636th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Kyiv

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	Hempstead	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$7184

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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