Kyiv vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$445	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1263
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	7
😀 Quality of life	64	62
🏙️ Population	2.95M	133K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 35% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6262nd and 4205th ($850 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and Maldives, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1 months in Male. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 4484th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Male

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	Kyiv	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$3201

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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

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360