Kyiv vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$445	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	93
😀 Quality of life	64	87
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.38M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 44% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6262nd and 3363rd ($850 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 4484th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Prague

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	Kyiv	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120