Kyiv vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$454	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	99
😀 Quality of life	63	96
🏙️ Population	2.95M	2.11M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 64% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6441st and 916th ($882 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and France, respectively. Check Ukraine vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5524th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Paris

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	Kyiv	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.05	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$17184

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544