Kyiv vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$454	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	73	82
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	2.95M	468K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 62% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6441st and 1246th ($882 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1054th in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Raleigh ranked 64th in the United States, while ranked 5524th and 245th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Raleigh

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	Kyiv	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.05	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$24650

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736