Islamabad vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$199	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$571
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	69	71
😀 Quality of life	49	64
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2.95M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 48% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8870th and 6262nd ($442 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Ukraine, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 6313th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Kyiv

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	Islamabad	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$7184

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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