Kyiv vs Nouakchott - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Nouakchott
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$653
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$1530
🏠 One person rent	$431	$286
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$60.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	73	14
😀 Quality of life	64	45
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.45M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 31% more expensive than in Nouakchott. Cities ranked 6533rd and 7596th ($853 vs $653) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Mauritania, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Mauritania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.3 months in Nouakchott. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Nouakchott ranked 1st in Mauritania, while ranked 5360th and 7210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Nouakchott

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	Kyiv	Nouakchott
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$2.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$24.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$196
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$78.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$60
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	19.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$4558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$1521
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$21.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$7.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$7.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$2.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$96.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$6774

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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 Nouakchott

Distance	City	Cost of living
175 km or 109 mi	Rosso	$619
234 km or 145 mi	Saint-Louis	$1140
275 km or 171 mi	Louga	$1141
380 km or 236 mi	Thies	$1214
398 km or 248 mi	Rufisque	$1206
404 km or 251 mi	Dakar	$1281
421 km or 262 mi	Fatick	$1163
438 km or 272 mi	Kaolack	$1164
518 km or 322 mi	Banjul	$527
527 km or 327 mi	Lamin	$545
540 km or 335 mi	Brikama	$611
587 km or 365 mi	Kolda	$1119
612 km or 380 mi	Ziguinchor	$1109
672 km or 417 mi	Bafata	$831
693 km or 430 mi	Bissau	$857
877 km or 545 mi	Praia	$987
884 km or 549 mi	Assomada	$979
904 km or 562 mi	Boffa	$983
953 km or 592 mi	Mamou	$1005
965 km or 600 mi	Mindelo	$979
978 km or 608 mi	Forecariah	$984
984 km or 611 mi	Conakry	$1050
1041 km or 647 mi	Banamba	$494
1047 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$561
1048 km or 651 mi	Laayoune	$627
1071 km or 665 mi	Koulikoro	$493
1094 km or 680 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1534
1107 km or 688 mi	Freetown	$1272
1117 km or 694 mi	Kankan	$993
1119 km or 695 mi	Las Palmas	$1508
1135 km or 705 mi	Tenerife	$1739
1145 km or 712 mi	La Orotava	$1668
1151 km or 715 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1727
1155 km or 718 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1642
1157 km or 719 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1608
1159 km or 720 mi	Segou	$495
1166 km or 725 mi	Markala	$495
1175 km or 730 mi	Bougouni	$494
1179 km or 732 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1332
1203 km or 748 mi	Corralejo	$1653