Kyiv vs Memphis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Memphis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$4389
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1092
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1592
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	71	67
😀 Quality of life	64	87
🏙️ Population	2.95M	633K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 55% less expensive than in Memphis. Cities ranked 6262nd and 2179th ($850 vs $1874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1817th in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.9 months in Memphis. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Memphis ranked 73rd in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Memphis

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	Kyiv	Memphis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$9.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$5.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$976
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$883
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1292
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1489
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1490
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$12.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$9.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$7.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$27369

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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 Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2134
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$2062
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2070
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1865
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2077
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2268
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2117
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$2009
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1781
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1874
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1717
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1946
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1831
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1882
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1645
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1830
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1930
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1617
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1856
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1999
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1350
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1989
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1828
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1774
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1806
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1943
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1649
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1728
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2031
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1839
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1772
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2075
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1438
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1322
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2738