Kyiv vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2644
🏠 One person rent	$454	$573
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$1004
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$34.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$801
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	73	8
😀 Quality of life	63	56
🏙️ Population	2.95M	77.6K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 17% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 6441st and 5233rd ($882 vs $1059) 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 0.8 months in Phuket. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Phuket ranked 8th in Thailand, while ranked 5524th and 6325th 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	$9.05	$6.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$47.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$9.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$632
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$1154
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$805
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$70.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$19.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$4350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$18.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$4.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$3.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$62.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$8.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$68
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$652
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$16566

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$808
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$891
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$846
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$612
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$834
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$790
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$634
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$622
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$782
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$628
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$805
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$845
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$564
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$438
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$663
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$792
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$740
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$451
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$572
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$551
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$696
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$461
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$458
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$562
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$701
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$784
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$470
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$485
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$572
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$846
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$874
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$762
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$750
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$764
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$763
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$813
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$981