Kyiv vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$431	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	73	90
😀 Quality of life	64	94
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 66% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6533rd and 863rd ($853 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Germany, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5360th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Munich

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	Kyiv	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$17274

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714