Islamabad vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$198	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$529
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	67	70
😀 Quality of life	49	64
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2.95M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 45% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 8895th and 6450th ($439 vs $795) 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 6293rd and 4556th 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	$1.79	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$7166

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563