Kyiv vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.51M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 61% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1352nd ($850 vs $2201) 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 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 4484th and 54th 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	$7.61	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560