Kyiv vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$445	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$373
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	71	29
😀 Quality of life	64	41
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.13M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 20% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 6262nd and 5045th ($850 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Ukraine and Mozambique, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 4484th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Maputo

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	Kyiv	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628