Kyiv vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$445	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$718
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	71	7
😀 Quality of life	64	53
🏙️ Population	2.95M	77.6K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 10% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 6262nd and 5827th ($850 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and Thailand, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 4484th and 6063rd 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	$7.61	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$13013

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810