Kyiv vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$445	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	71	92
😀 Quality of life	64	67
🏙️ Population	2.95M	9.21M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 27% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6262nd and 4604th ($850 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Ukraine and Mexico, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 4484th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Mexico City

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	Kyiv	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804