Jerusalem vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jerusalem	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5689	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2480	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$674	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$445
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	72
😀 Quality of life	87	68
🏙️ Population	936K	2.95M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 178% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 950th and 6330th ($2447 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 0.5 months in Kyiv. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 351st and 4632nd 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	$24.3	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$18.4	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.82	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.56	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1189	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2738	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2087	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.94%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14293	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9538	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.26	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.57	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.38	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.5	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.8	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$143	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23696	$7835

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Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561