Kyiv vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$2397
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$5694
🏠 One person rent	$419	$1344
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$2215
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$345
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$4357
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	100
😀 Quality of life	64	100
🏙️ Population	2.95M	5.03M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 67% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 6450th and 923rd ($795 vs $2397) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 4556th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Melbourne

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	Kyiv	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1361
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$1146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1818
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$7512
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$5768
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$3.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$126
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$9.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$4.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$26.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$6.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$15.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$56.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$1974
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$21306

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1758
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1757
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1876
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1822
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1795
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1799
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1805
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1892
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1357
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1397
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1829
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1717
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1697
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1788
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1900
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1746
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1798
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2393
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1816
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1748
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2265
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1500
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1674
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1532
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2246
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1732
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1815
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2472
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1997
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2801
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2286
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1833
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2013
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1289
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913