Japan vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Japan Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1130
$628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2751
$1520
🏠 One person rent
$510
$297
🏘️ Family rent
$843
$491
🍽️ Food expenses
$388
$224
🚐 Transport expenses
$134
$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1977
$432
💸 GDP per capita
$32476
$5389
😃 Human freedom index
8.73
5.84
❤️ Life expectancy
84
73.4
👮 Corruption perceptions index
71
35
🌐 English speaking %
15%
51%
🎓 Higher education
98
66
😀 Quality of life
89
49
🏙️ Population
124M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Japan ($1130) is 80% more expensive than in Ukraine ($628). Japan ranked 76th vs 159th for Ukraine in the list of the most expensive countries in the world.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Japan compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 18th and 89th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Japan vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Japan and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 907 and 34 cities, respectively. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Japan Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$6.32
$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$34.1
$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.95
$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.96
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$3.11
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.09
$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$514
$321
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$355
$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1107
$620
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$694
$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$92.9
$56.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$143
$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$30.2
$6.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
1.8%
17.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4931
$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2794
$854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.66
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$59.9
$12.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$25.5
$5.05
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.11
$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.43
$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.42
$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.03
$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.06
$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.2
$8.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.28
$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.7
$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.71
$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.47
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.68
$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.51
$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.62
$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.39
$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.6
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.46
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.31
$4.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.93
$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.66
$2.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.3
$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.65
$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.36
$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.63
$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$53.7
$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$12.1
$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$33.3
$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple
$16.4
$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$45.2
$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$56.9
$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$336
$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$12869
$4796

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In Japan

City Cost of living Population
Tokyo
$1698
14.3M
Yokohama
$1336
3.76M
Osaka
$1237
2.75M
Nagoya
$1189
2.33M
Kawasaki
$1354
1.54M
Sapporo
$1181
1.96M
Hiroshima
$883
1.2M
Kyoto
$1107
1.46M
Kobe
$1106
1.52M
Saitama
$1037
1.33M
Fukuoka
$1065
1.6M
Chiba
$1251
975K
Shizuoka
$1025
686K
Sakai
$1115
824K
Sagamihara
$1021
726K
Sendai
$1069
1.06M
Niigata
$1007
791K
Kitakyushu
$1078
935K
Funabashi
$1117
641K
Hachioji
$1286
576K
Kawaguchi
$1025
594K
Hamamatsu
$1016
788K
Kumamoto
$991
738K
Kagoshima
$1016
594K
Kashiwa
$1116
428K
Utsunomiya
$1052
518K
Machida
$1049
434K
Matsudo
$1024
498K
Ichikawa
$1041
496K
Nishinomiya
$1091
487K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$879
2.95M
Kharkiv
$510
1.42M
Odesa
$624
1.01M
Dnipro
$790
969K
Donetsk
$516
902K
Lviv
$762
717K
Zaporizhia
$501
710K
Mykolaiv
$516
470K
Kryvyi Rih
$503
604K
Luhansk
$732
418K
Vinnytsia
$603
370K
Makiivka
$534
343K
Chernihiv
$516
287K
Poltava
$479
283K
Cherkasy
$498
270K
Khmelnytskyi
$535
274K
Sumy
$496
266K
Chernivtsi
$545
265K
Horlivka
$650
257K
Kamianske
$656
227K
Mariupol
$539
250K
Zhytomyr
$586
262K
Kherson
$420
279K
Rivne
$439
245K
Bila Tserkva
$497
209K
Ternopil
$465
225K
Kremenchuk
$440
215K
Kropyvnytskyi
$616
220K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$482
238K
Lutsk
$546
216K