Kyiv vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$1695
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$3907
🏠 One person rent	$454	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$1435
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$558
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$2900
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	38
😀 Quality of life	63	88
🏙️ Population	2.95M	549K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 48% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 6441st and 3269th ($882 vs $1695) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 113th in Ukraine and Canada, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.7 months in Quebec City. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Quebec City ranked 28th in Canada, while ranked 5524th and 332nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Quebec City

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	Kyiv	Quebec City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.05	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$59.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$5.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$863
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$1500
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$1244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$8196
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$81.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$719
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$7052

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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 Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1685
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1024
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1466
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1265
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1180
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1434
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1399
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1451
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1506
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1104
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1254
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1526
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1458
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1341
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1142
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1838
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1846
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1861
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1852
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1897
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1918
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1923
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2080
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1928
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1960
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1862
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$2047
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1940
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1934