Kyiv vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$456	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	72	7
😀 Quality of life	68	57
🏙️ Population	2.95M	77.6K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 13% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 6330th and 5469th ($879 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.9 months in Phuket. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 4632nd and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Phuket

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	Kyiv	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866