Kyiv vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1968
🏠 One person rent	$456	$418
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$729
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$475
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	72	31
😀 Quality of life	68	57
🏙️ Population	2.95M	120K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 8% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 6330th and 6620th ($879 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Ukraine and Thailand, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Pattaya ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 4632nd and 6140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Pattaya

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	Kyiv	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$3.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$8.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$870
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$74.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$18.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$2484
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$9.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$18.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$4.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$7.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$10383

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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 Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$787
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$718
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$774
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$958
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$724
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$736
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$635
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$571
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$553
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$650
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$741
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$622
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$593
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$727
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$578
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$635
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$581
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$515
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$498