Kyiv vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$5984
🏠 One person rent	$419	$1542
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$2792
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$4931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	70	82
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	2.95M	468K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 68% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6450th and 806th ($795 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 719th 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 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Raleigh ranked 49th in the United States, while ranked 4556th and 202nd 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	$7.27	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$77.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$1231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$2956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$2331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$166
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$7431
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$3484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$61.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$4.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$5.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$5.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$7.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$4.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$23.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$22229

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2278
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1859
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2228
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2217
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2137
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2158
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2146
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2212
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2141
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2057
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2043
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1697
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2122
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2054
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2110
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1791
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2012
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2099
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2060
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2026
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2110
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2094
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2162
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2076
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2105
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$1882
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1972
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1917
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2081
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2119
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1705
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2146
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2022
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2135
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2299
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2194
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2288
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1753