Kyiv vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$3420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$7800
🏠 One person rent	$431	$2177
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$3742
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$263
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$4482
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	73	99
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	2.95M	3.9M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 75% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6533rd and 62nd ($853 vs $3420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th 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 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 5360th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Los Angeles

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	Kyiv	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$6.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$2356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$4109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$3268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$69.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$8186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$7185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$95.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$6.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$5.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$2.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$29.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$1748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$23685

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000