Jeju Island vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jeju Island	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1080	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3087	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$456	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1111	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$463	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1786	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	19	71
😀 Quality of life	62	64
🏙️ Population	678K	2.95M

The cost of living in Jeju Island is 27% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 4959th and 6262nd ($1080 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in South Korea and Ukraine, respectively. Check South Korea vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Jeju Island compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Jeju Island ranked 63rd best city to live in South Korea vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 4837th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeju Island vs Kyiv

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	Jeju Island	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.19	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.6	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.53	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.81	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$822	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.6	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.46%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7330	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5069	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.77	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.8	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26.7	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.4	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.08	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.6	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.1	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$368	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21433	$7184

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Jeju Island

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Seogwipo	$1072
16 km or 10 mi	Jeju	$1037
159 km or 99 mi	Mokpo	$998
186 km or 115 mi	Naju	$1012
187 km or 116 mi	Yeosu	$989
197 km or 122 mi	Suncheon	$1059
203 km or 126 mi	Gwangju	$1101
206 km or 128 mi	Gwangyang	$1002
228 km or 142 mi	Goto	$890
240 km or 149 mi	Tongyeong	$924
241 km or 149 mi	Namwon	$987
246 km or 153 mi	Jeongeup	$970
248 km or 154 mi	Jinju	$1054
251 km or 156 mi	Geoje	$887
267 km or 166 mi	Sacheon	$983
271 km or 169 mi	Tsushima	$903
273 km or 170 mi	Gimje	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Masan	$998
279 km or 173 mi	Jeonju	$854
281 km or 175 mi	Hirado	$891
284 km or 177 mi	Tsushima Island	$901
288 km or 179 mi	Changwon	$1075
289 km or 180 mi	Iksan	$959
291 km or 181 mi	Gunsan	$1005
294 km or 183 mi	Saikai	$886
295 km or 184 mi	Matsuura	$892
296 km or 184 mi	Iki	$902
297 km or 185 mi	Sasebo	$916
300 km or 186 mi	Gimhae	$959
301 km or 187 mi	Busan	$1060
312 km or 194 mi	Imari	$888
312 km or 194 mi	Miryang	$1030
315 km or 196 mi	Togitsu	$883
318 km or 197 mi	Nagayo	$880
318 km or 197 mi	Nagasaki	$920
318 km or 198 mi	Yangsan	$1027
319 km or 199 mi	Karatsu	$895
320 km or 199 mi	Nonsan	$1019
324 km or 201 mi	Omura	$882
325 km or 202 mi	Takeo	$881

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