Kyiv vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$456	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	78
😀 Quality of life	68	90
🏙️ Population	2.95M	689K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 65% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6330th and 832nd ($879 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 741st 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 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 4632nd and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Nashville

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	Kyiv	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$30339

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508