Kyiv vs New Orleans - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	New Orleans
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5396
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1281
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$2321
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$685
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$82
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3816
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	71	85
😀 Quality of life	64	87
🏙️ Population	2.95M	384K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 62% less expensive than in New Orleans. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1304th ($850 vs $2222) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1179th 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 New Orleans. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs New Orleans ranked 67th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 264th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs New Orleans

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	Kyiv	New Orleans
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$98.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$5.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1460
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$987
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1899
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$2606
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2090
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$46.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$5.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$8.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$4.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$61.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$142
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$81.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1564
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$10189

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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 New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989