Indianapolis vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	71
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	888K	2.95M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 158% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1378th and 6262nd ($2189 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 191st and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Kyiv

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	Indianapolis	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$7184

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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