Kyiv vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$419	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$4933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	70	94
😀 Quality of life	64	77
🏙️ Population	2.95M	467K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 70% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6450th and 464th ($795 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 406th in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 4556th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Long Beach

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	Kyiv	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$21877

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614