Kyiv vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$456	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$3333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	50
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.02M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 58% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6330th and 1744th ($879 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 4632nd and 129th 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	$8.82	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822