Kyiv vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$2236
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$4945
🏠 One person rent	$419	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$2038
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$603
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$3150
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	70	50
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 64% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6450th and 1290th ($795 vs $2236) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.4 months in Ottawa. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Ottawa ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 4556th and 167th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Ottawa

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	Kyiv	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$74.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$5.89
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$1129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$2131
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1732
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$53.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$5242
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$4784
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$94.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$2.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$44.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$1037
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$20100

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1542
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2336
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1677
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$2004
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1828
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1897
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1799
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1791
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1912
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1996
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1686
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1861
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1954
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1821
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1927
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1896
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2057
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1878
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1823
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1845
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884