Indianapolis vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$445
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	72
😀 Quality of life	91	68
🏙️ Population	888K	2.95M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 171% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1089th and 6330th ($2382 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th 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 Indianapolis compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 186th and 4632nd 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	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$7835

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

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