Kyiv vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kyiv	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$760	$1284
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1995	$2919
🏠 One person rent	$367	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$737	$1638
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.9	$35.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$520	$1041
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	70	7
😀 Quality of life	65	63
🏙️ Population	2.95M	133K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 41% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6536th and 4218th ($760 vs $1284) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.8 months in Male. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 4566th and 4858th 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	$7.71	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.44	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$843
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$595
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$953	$1667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$1337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.88	$106
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.58%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2503	$2469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$1990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$21.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.19	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$9.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$7.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.43	$7.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$7.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.78	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$73.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.31	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$4.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.6	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7179	$3438

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$443
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$457
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$406
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$476
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$504
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$425
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$426
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$976
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$423
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$820
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$470
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$560
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$767
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$472
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$637
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$810
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$487
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$535
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$464
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$758
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1111
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$462
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$839
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$490
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$649
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$704
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$528

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339