Kyiv vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$431	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$4372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	64	78
🏙️ Population	2.95M	467K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 68% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6533rd and 604th ($853 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 532nd 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 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 5360th and 958th 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	$9.21	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$19617

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164