Kyiv vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$454	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	73	90
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 65% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6441st and 889th ($882 vs $2499) 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 1.8 months in Munich. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5524th and 38th 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	$9.05	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$16629

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748