Jerusalem vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Jerusalem	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1948	$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4581	$1995
🏠 One person rent	$1113	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1998	$737
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2599	$520
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	77	70
😀 Quality of life	85	65
🏙️ Population	936K	2.95M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 156% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1907th and 6536th ($1948 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Israel and Ukraine, respectively. Check Israel vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Jerusalem compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Jerusalem ranked 3rd best city to live in Israel vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 276th and 4566th 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	$16.1	$7.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.3	$37.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.88	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1338	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$906	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2415	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1678	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.6	$57.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$89.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	19.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13221	$2503
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9303	$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.54	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.5	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$6.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$5.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.44	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$2.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.2	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.6	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$5.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$99.5	$18.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.6	$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$783	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10218	$7179

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Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$964
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1011
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$737
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1752
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$802
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1583
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2068
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1701
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1900
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1826
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$849
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2113
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2149
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1873
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$679
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1850
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1678
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1687
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1499

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$443
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$457
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$406
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$476
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$504
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$425
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$426
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$976
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$423
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$820
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$470
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$560
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$767
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$472
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$637
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$810
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$487
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$535
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$464
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$758
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1111
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$462
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$839
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$490
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$649
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$704
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$528