Kyiv vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$456	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	72	7
😀 Quality of life	68	66
🏙️ Population	2.95M	133K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 33% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6330th and 4439th ($879 vs $1320) 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 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.7 months in Male. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 4632nd and 5057th 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	$8.82	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$3575

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327