Kazan vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$375	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	54	71
😀 Quality of life	60	64
🏙️ Population	1.26M	2.95M

The cost of living in Kazan is 14% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 6742nd and 6262nd ($734 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in Russia and Ukraine, respectively. Check Russia vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 5162nd and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Kyiv

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	Kazan	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$7184

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

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