Kyiv vs Oakland - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Oakland
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2968
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$8022
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1832
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$4049
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$798
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$5520
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	97
😀 Quality of life	64	94
🏙️ Population	2.95M	441K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 71% less expensive than in Oakland. Cities ranked 6262nd and 182nd ($850 vs $2968) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 159th 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 1.9 months in Oakland. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Oakland ranked 4th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Oakland

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	Kyiv	Oakland
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$30.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$7.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$4410
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$3547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$259
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$70.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$7152
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$7023
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$84.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$22.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$6.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$6.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$7.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$6.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$4.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$2.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$54.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$178
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$2719
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$18963

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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 Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3364
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2888
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$2963
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2929
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3905
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2888
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3004
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$2999
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2811
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$3785
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3190
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$3045
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2840
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3195
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3226
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3269
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2780
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2778
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3466
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3678
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3183
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$3002
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2767
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3059
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$3997
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3657
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3344
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2412
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3060
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3649
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3187
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3326