Kyiv vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5150
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1216
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1971
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$296
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3902
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	100
😀 Quality of life	64	100
🏙️ Population	2.95M	5.03M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 61% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1365th ($850 vs $2194) 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 4484th 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	$7.61	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$67.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$8.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$98.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$6900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$5335
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$3.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$9.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$5.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$3.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$52.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$70.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1683
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$19705

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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 Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1669
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963