Kyiv vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3539
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	82
😀 Quality of life	64	88
🏙️ Population	2.95M	577K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 59% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1702nd ($850 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1506th 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 1.7 months in Milwaukee. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Milwaukee

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	Kyiv	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$24191

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378