Kyiv vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$4845
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1197
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1925
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$531
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3655
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	93
😀 Quality of life	64	98
🏙️ Population	2.95M	2.14M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 59% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1654th ($850 vs $2075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.8 months in Perth. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Perth ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 4484th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Perth

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	Kyiv	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$8.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1602
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$91.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$139
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$4862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$3869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$9.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$20.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$55.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1852
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$11252

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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 Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1668
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645