Jerusalem vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jerusalem	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5127	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1224	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$2310	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2561	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	71
😀 Quality of life	85	64
🏙️ Population	936K	2.95M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 149% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1551st and 6262nd ($2114 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Israel and Ukraine, respectively. Check Israel vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 374th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jerusalem vs Kyiv

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	Jerusalem	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.2	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.98	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1380	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2752	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1903	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.8	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13235	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8778	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.5	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.5	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.94	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.99	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.82	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$878	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17799	$7184

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511

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